Biological Subtypes and Distant Relapse Pattern in Breast Cancer Patients After Curative Surgery (Study of Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology).

Abstract

PURPOSE:

The aim of the study was to investigate the association between the molecular subtypes and patterns of relapse in breast cancer patients who had undergone curative surgery.

METHODS:

We retrospectively evaluated 1,350 breast cancer patients with relapses after curative surgery between 1998 and 2012 from referral centers in Turkey. Patients were divided into 4 biological subtypes according to immunohistochemistry and grade: triple negative, HER2 overexpressing, luminal A and luminal B.

RESULTS:

The percentages of patients with luminal A, luminal B, HER2-overexpressing, and triple-negative breast cancer were 32.9% (n = 444), 34.9% (n = 471), 12.0% (n = 162), and 20.2% (n = 273), respectively. The distribution of metastases differed among the subgroups: bone (66.2% and 53.9% in luminal A and B vs. 38.9% in HER2-overexpressing and 45.1% in triple negative, p < 0.001), liver (40.1% in HER2-overexpressing vs. 24.5% in luminal A, 33.5% in luminal B, and 27.5% in triple negative, p < 0.001), lung (41.4% in triple negative and 35.2% in HER2-overexpressing vs. 30.2% and 30.6% in luminal A and B, p = 0.008) and brain (25.3% in HER2-overexpressing and 23.1% in triple negative vs. 10.1% and 15.1% in luminal A and B, p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Organ-specific metastasis may depend on the molecular subtype of breast cancer. Tailored strategies against distant metastasis concerning the molecular subtypes in breast cancer should be considered.

• Authors: Muhammet A Kaplan, Ulku Y Arslan, Abdurrahman Işıkdogan, Faysal Dane, Berna Oksuzoglu, Mevlude Inanc, Tulay Akman, Mehmet Kucukoner, Havva Y Cinkir, Rashad Rzazade, Metin Ozkan, Ugur Yilmaz, Ibrahim V Bayoglu, Yusuf Gunaydin, Meltem Baykara, Dogan Yazilitas, Erdem Cubukcu, Ali Suner, Ugur Ersoy, Mehmet Bilici, Ozan Yazici, Kerim Cayır, Umut Demirci, Mukremin Uysal
• Journal: Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) (Breast Care (Basel)) Vol. 11 Issue 4 Pg. 248-252 (Aug 2016) ISSN: 1661-3791 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 27721711 (Publication Type: Journal Article)