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BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
卷 147, 期 2, 页码 325-333出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-3103-7
关键词
Circulating tumor cells; Triple-negative breast cancer; Non-metastatic breast cancer; Progression-free survival; Overall survival
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资金
- Society of Surgical Oncology Clinical Investigator Award
- Institute for Personalized Therapy at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- philanthropic funds
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can be identified in approximately 25 % of stage I-III breast cancer patients; CTCs presence is a predictor of poor outcome in metastatic breast cancer, but little is known regarding the prognostic significance of CTCs in non-metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether CTCs predict worse outcome in non-metastatic TNBC patients. We evaluated CTCs in 113 patients with stages I-III TNBC at the time of definitive surgery. CTCs were assessed using the CellSearch System(A (R)). Progression-free and overall survival were defined as time elapsed between date of diagnosis and either date of clinical disease progression, death, or last follow-up. Log-rank test and Cox regression analysis were used to determine associations of CTCs with progression-free and overall survival. The median follow-up was 40 months. CTCs were identified in 23/113 (20 %) of patients. No primary tumor characteristic or lymph node status predicted the presence of CTCs. The identification of a parts per thousand yen2 CTCs predicted shorter progression-free (log rank P a parts per thousand currency sign 0.001; hazard ratio 8.30, 95 % CI 2.61-26.37) and overall survival (log rank P = 0.0004; hazard ratio 7.19, 95 % CI 1.98-26.06) versus survival for patients with < 2 CTCs. Two or more CTCs predict shorter progression-free and overall survival in TNBC patients. Larger studies are needed to determine whether CTC assessment provides beneficial information that could be used in stratifying TNBC patients at increased risk for disease progression. Finally, CTCs characterization could facilitate the development of novel treatment approaches for TNBC.
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