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CXCR4 as a Predictive Marker for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Post-Neoadjuvant Therapy

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JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 166, Issue 1, Pages 14-18

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.045

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chemokine receptor CXCR4; locally advanced breast cancer; predictive marker

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Background. CXCR4 is a G-protein coupled receptor that has been linked with metastasis in several cancers, including breast cancer. We recently demonstrated that high CXCR4 levels in primary tumors of patients with breast cancer had a prognostic significance. We hypothesize that patients whose tumors had a low CXCR4 overexpression level following neoadjuvant chemotherapy will have a lower recurrence rate than those whose tumors remained high. Methods. Seventeen locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) patients were accrued, and tumor specimens were obtained before and after neoadjuvant therapy. CXCR4 levels were quantified by Western blots against 1 mu g of protein from HeLa cells. The primary end-point was cancer recurrence. Statistical tests utilized include Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and log-rank test. A P value <= 0.05 was considered significant. Results. We previously defined low CXCR4 overexpression as <= 6-fold elevation and high overexpression as > 6-fold elevation over HeLa cells. Of 17 LABC tumors evaluated, 10 (59%) remained in the low group, 5 (29%) reduced from high to low overexpression, and 2 (12%) maintained a high overexpression after neoadjuvant therapy. With a median follow-up of 28 mo, patients whose tumors maintained a high CXCR4 overexpression level after neoadjuvant therapy had a significantly higher rate of cancer recurrence (P = 0.0068). Conclusions. CXCR4 was a predictive molecular marker of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with LABC. Patients whose tumors had a persistently high CXCR4 overexpression level after neoadjuvant therapy are at a significant risk for recurrence, and therefore, should be targeted for more intensive and/or novel therapy. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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