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Influence of delayed initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy on breast cancer survival is subtype-dependent

Ke-Da Yu _, Lei Fan, Li-Xin Qiu, Hong Ling, Yi-Zhou Jiang and Zhi-Ming Shao

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Oncotarget. 2017; 8:46549-46556. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10551

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Abstract

Ke-Da Yu1,*, Lei Fan1,*, Li-Xin Qiu2,*, Hong Ling1,*, Yi-Zhou Jiang1 and Zhi-Ming Shao1

1Department of Breast Surgery, Shanghai Cancer Center and Cancer Institute, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

2Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Cancer Center and Cancer Institute, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China

*These authors have contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Ke-Da Yu, email: [email protected], [email protected]

Keywords: timing of adjuvant chemotherapy, breast cancer, survival, subtype

Received: November 14, 2015    Accepted: May 17, 2016    Published: July 13, 2016

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The optimal time from surgery to initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer is still controversial. We investigated the influence of time to adjuvant chemotherapy on survival outcomes according to breast cancer subtype.

Results: Longer delay of initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy (≤4 weeks versus >8 weeks)) significantly decreased the DFS (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] of 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.19-2.90) and OS (adjusted HR of 2.02; 95% CI, 1.10-3.71). However, a moderate delay (≤4 weeks versus 4-8 weeks) did not significantly influence the survival. We further investigated the effect of time to adjuvant chemotherapy (≤8 versus >8 weeks) on survival according to subtypes. Patients with luminal-A tumors who received delayed chemotherapy had no increased risk of recurrence (HR of 1.15; 95% CI, 0.54-2.43). In contrast, patients with luminal-B, triple-negative, or trastuzumab-untreated HER2-positive tumors would have decreased DFS because of delayed chemotherapy, with HR of 1.93 (95% CI, 1.10-3.34), 2.55 (95% CI, 1.25-5.18), and 2.41 (95% CI, 1.36-4.26), respectively.

Methods: Operable women with stage I-IIIa breast cancer between 2003 and 2006 in our institution were included. 1,408 patients were divided into 3 groups according to the time to adjuvant chemotherapy: ≤4 weeks, 4-8 weeks, and >8 weeks. Disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated.

Conclusion: Longer delay of adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with worse survival and early initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy should be performed for patients with aggressive tumor subtypes.


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