An aCGH classifier derived from BRCA1-mutated breast cancer and benefit of high-dose platinum-based chemotherapy in HER2-negative breast cancer patients

M. A. Vollebergh, E. H. Lips, P. M. Nederlof, L. F. A. Wessels, M. K. Schmidt, E. H. van Beers, S. Cornelissen, M. Holtkamp, F. E. Froklage, E. G. E. de Vries, J. G. Schrama, J. Wesseling, M. J. van de Vijver, H. van Tinteren, M. de Bruin, M. Hauptmann, S. Rodenhuis, S. C. Linn*

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    Abstract

    Patients and methods: We evaluated this classifier in stage III breast cancer patients, who had been randomly assigned between adjuvant high-dose platinum-based (HD-PB) chemotherapy, a DSB-inducing regimen, and conventional anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Additionally, we assessed BRCA1 loss through mutation or promoter methylation and immunohistochemical basal-like status in the triple-negative subgroup (TN subgroup).

    Results: We observed greater benefit from HD-PB chemotherapy versus conventional chemotherapy among patients with BRCA1-like(CGH) tumours [41/230 = 18%, multivariate hazard ratio (HR) = 0.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.04-0.43] compared with patients with non-BRCA1-like(CGH) tumours (189/230 = 82%, HR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.50-1.20), with a significant difference (test for interaction P = 0.006). Similar results were obtained for overall survival (P interaction = 0.04) and when analyses were restricted to the TN subgroup. Sixty-three percent (20/32) of assessable BRCA1-like(CGH) tumours harboured either a BRCA1 mutation (n = 8) or BRCA1 methylation (n = 12).

    Conclusion: BRCA1 loss as assessed by CGH analysis can identify patients with substantially improved outcome after adjuvant DSB-inducing chemotherapy when compared with standard anthracycline-based chemotherapy in our series.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1561-1570
    Number of pages10
    JournalAnnals of Oncology
    Volume22
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul-2011

    Keywords

    • array comparative genomic hybridisation
    • BRCA1
    • breast cancer
    • high-dose chemotherapy
    • platinum salt
    • predictive marker
    • COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION
    • PHASE-II
    • ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR
    • MUTATION CARRIERS
    • BRCA1 MUTATIONS
    • GENE-EXPRESSION
    • OVARIAN-TUMORS
    • CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
    • CARCINOMAS
    • TRIAL

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