scholarly journals Cisplatin–gemcitabine therapy in metastatic breast cancer: Improved outcome in triple negative breast cancer patients compared to non-triple negative patients

The Breast ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nebu Koshy ◽  
Dolly Quispe ◽  
Runhua Shi ◽  
Richard Mansour ◽  
Gary V. Burton
2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1071-1071
Author(s):  
Anantbhushan Ranade ◽  
Kanaka Govind Babu ◽  
Purvish M. Parikh ◽  
Jk Singh ◽  
Manisha Singh ◽  
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1071 Background: Metronomic chemotherapy regimens have shown efficacy in patients with metastatic breast cancer by antiangiogenic mechanisms. When used metronomically the toxicity profile of capecitabine is low. Triple negative breast cancer is a common problem in India and developing countries. Approximately 30% of triple negative breast cancer express EGFR and its mutation. Methods: Since October 2003 to December 2011 we objectively tested response rates, clinical benefit, and safety of gefitinib and capecitabine administered with a metronomic schedule of 500 mg thrice daily in heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer patients with gefitinib 250 mg once daily. 300 patients were screened for EGFR expression. Among 85 enrolled patients with EGFR positivity, 76 were evaluable. ECOG performance status (PS) was 0-2, median age 52 years (range 36-65), bone plus visceral metastasis in 40% of patients. Rest had only visceral metastasis. All the patients were pretreated with anthracyclines and taxanes. The combination was administered for a median duration of 32 weeks (range 12-166). Results: We observed 18 partial responses (PR: 24%), 42 (55%) stable disease (SD). Median time to progression was 53 weeks, (95% CI, range 12-166 weeks). Safety of metronomic capecitabine with gefitinib was excellent. Neither grade 2-4 haematological or clinical side effects were recorded. Only 12 patients experienced grade I (WHO) hand-foot syndrome. Conclusions: Treatment with metronomic capecitabine and gefitinib was effective and minimally toxic in heavily pretreated breast cancer patients.


2009 ◽  
Vol 198 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kandace P. McGuire ◽  
Sarah Eisen ◽  
Amilcar Rodriguez ◽  
Tammi Meade ◽  
Charles E. Cox ◽  
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PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e8298
Author(s):  
Siying Chen ◽  
Jin Yang ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Haisheng You ◽  
Yalin Dong ◽  
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Background Reports on the incidence and prognoses of lung metastases when diagnosing breast cancer patients with different subtypes are limited. Our study investigated the effect of molecular sub-typing stratification on the prognoses of lung metastatic breast caner patients. Methods Patients with breast cancer and lung metastases were identified from Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results population-based data between 2010 and 2015. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify risk factors and prognoses, overall survival (OS) and breast cancer-specific survival for patients with breast cancer lung metastases. Results We identified 6,516 patients with lung metastatic breast cancer, representing 1.7% of the entire cohort and 30.4% of the subset with metastatic disease. This included 2,940 hormone receptor (HR)+/HER2− patients, 852 HR+/HER2+ patients, 547 HR−/HER2+ patients and 983 triple-negative patients. The median OS for all lung metastatic patients was 13 months. Multivariate analysis revealed that those lung metastatic breast cancer patients of older age (>80), black race, with poorly differentiated tumors, carcinoma histology, triple-negative subtype, more metastatic sites and no surgery, and no chemotherapy showed significantly poor survival, both overall and breast cancer-specific. Conclusions Our findings show that molecular sub-type and more metastatic sites might have significant influence on the incidence and prognosis of breast cancer lung metastases. We also identified several prognostic factors that could guide therapy selection in the treatment of lung metastatic patients.


2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (27_suppl) ◽  
pp. 37-37
Author(s):  
G. Basu ◽  
G. Van Vickle ◽  
A. Ghazalpour ◽  
R. Ashfaq ◽  
Z. Gatalica ◽  
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37 Background: SPARC (secreted protein acid rich in cysteine) belongs to a group of extracellular matrix proteins and promotes adhesion of cells from the matrix. It plays an important role in tumor development in breast cancer and has a significant bearing on patient prognosis and long term survival. It is also known to predict response to nab-paclitaxel in certain tumor types including breast cancer. In 2005, FDA approved a solvent free formulation of paclitaxel for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer that utilizes albumin bound (nab) technology (nab-paclitaxel). Clinical studies have shown that nab-paclitaxel is significantly more effective than paclitaxel. Our study evaluated the frequency distribution of SPARC among triple negative breast cancer patients in which identification of a novel therapeutic target is warranted. Methods: In a total of 951 breast cancer patients, we analyzed tumor SPARC expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using a monoclonal (R&D Systems) and a polyclonal antibody (Exalpha Biologicals). Immunoreactivity was assessed by scoring the percentage of cells stained in each field and by the intensity of staining. A cutoff point of 2+ and >30% stained tumor cells were considered as positive. Results: From our analysis of 951 breast cancer patients profiled, a total of 165 patients (17%) were triple negative for ER, PR and HER2. Within this pathologic subtype, 29% patients stained positive with SPARC monoclonal antibody and 21% stained positive with SPARC polyclonal antibody. The correlation of SPARC tumor staining with hormone receptor status will be presented in detail. Conclusions: We conclude that SPARC over-expression is a functionally important feature of a subset of triple negative breast cancer patients. The triple negative subset of tumors generally has a more aggressive clinical course and does not benefit from conventional targeted therapies. Our study suggests that nab-paclitaxel may serve as a therapeutic agent for the subset of triple negative patients that over-express SPARC. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study involving a large patient pool in which SPARC has been investigated in a single clinical laboratory using standardized IHC with two different SPARC antibodies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 2245-2250
Author(s):  
Eriseld Krasniqi ◽  
Laura Pizzuti ◽  
Maria Rosaria Valerio ◽  
Elisabetta Capomolla ◽  
Claudio Botti ◽  
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QJM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 114 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham Ahmed El Gazaly ◽  
Ass. Prof. Dr. Amr Shafik Tawfik ◽  
Essam Saleh ◽  
Doaa Mohammed Abd ElHameed

Abstract Background Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor among females around the world. It represents 1.7 million new cases per year and 25% of all types of cancers. Objectives Assessment of median overall survival in most aggressive subtypes of metastatic breast cancer (Triple –Ve and HER2+Ve) & to compare survival of metastatic HER2+Ve breast cancer in group received targeted versus that did not receive. Patient and Methods Multi institutional retrospective study for assessment of median OS in metastatic breast cancer for themost aggressive subtypes (HER2+Ve &Triple-Ve) at Ain Shams University Hospitals and El-Matarya teaching Hospital. Results Seventy-three metastatic breast cancer patients were included (31 Triple-Ve & 42 HER2+Ve) in the period between January 2014 and December 2016 At Ain Shams University Hospitals and El-Matarya teaching Hospital, we found that median OS for Triple negative group is 16 months with (95% CI 8.8- 23.6) , that for HER2+Ve group is 17 months with (95% CI 13.9 – 20.6) & for patients did not receive targeted therapy, median OS is 10 months (95% CI. 4-19.4,P.000). Conclusion From our study,we highlight that metastatic breast cancer patients (HER2+Ve subtype) &received targeted therapy, had the most superior survival outcome. so,targeted therapy must be included in first line treatment.


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