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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 194, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113358
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Breast neoplasms; Oestrogen antagonists; Selective oestrogen receptor modulators; Tamoxifen; Anastrazole; Fulvestrant; Preoperative period; Neoadjuvant therapy; Ki-67 antigen; Proliferative index
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High Ki-67 index is associated with worse survival outcomes in women with ER-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer.
Background: Neoadjuvant treatment discriminates responders, but pathologic complete response is uncommon in oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer. We aimed to assess the prognostic value of Ki-67 index after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy (NET).Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search of PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, and conference proceedings up to 22nd August 2023 to identify studies reporting the association of Ki-67 index after NET with recurrence-free survival (RFS) and/or overall survival (OS) in women with ER-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer. We combined RFS and OS hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).Results: Twelve studies including 7897 patients were analysed. Most studies were clinical trials (n = 7547) including only postmenopausal women (n = 3953) treated with aromatase inhibitor (n = 3359). Three studies evaluated Ki-67 in a preplanned core biopsy at 2-4 weeks of NET (n = 3348), while nine evaluated Ki-67 in the surgical specimen (n = 4549) after 2-24 weeks of NET. Median follow-up ranged between 37 and 95 months for RFS and 62-84 months for OS. High Ki-67 index after NET was significantly associated with worse RFS (HR 2.48, 95% CI 1.86-3.30) and OS (HR 2.66, 95% CI 1.65-4.28). A sensitivity analysis including three studies that measured Ki-67 in a preplanned core biopsy showed similar association with RFS (HR 2.41, 95% CI 1.77-3.30).Conclusions: High Ki-67 after NET is associated with worse survival outcomes, even after a short course of NET, emphasising the prognostic value of this biomarker in women with ER-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer.(c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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