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Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer

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    • Ayako Nakashoji
    • Akira Matsui
    • Aiko Nagayama
    • Yuko Iwata
    • Manami Sasahara
    • Yuya Murata
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    Affiliations: Department of Breast Surgery, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo 152‑8902, Japan, Department of Clinical Examination, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo 152‑8902, Japan
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The response of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) to chemotherapy is heterogeneous; particular subtype classifications based on mRNA gene expression analysis have been demonstrated to be associated with a pathological complete response (pCR). The aim of the present study was to investigate additional clinical and pathological characteristics associated with pCR status. The pathological and clinical characteristics of 40 TNBC patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery were retrospectively analyzed by dividing the cases into two groups according to the response to treatment: pCR (n=12) and non‑pCR (n=28). Clinically, patients in the pCR group presented tumors with a significantly less advanced Tumor‑Node‑Metastasis stage (P=0.030) and mammographic calcification was less common (17 vs. 58%; P=0.034). Pathologically, whereas all cases in the pCR group (12/12, 100%) were of the histological type ‘invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified’ (IDC‑NOS), the non‑pCR group consisted of a lower proportion of IDC‑NOS cases (20/28, 71%) and more cases of special histological types, including mucinous, metaplastic, medullary and apocrine carcinomas (P=0.079). The positive rates of androgen receptor (AR) and forkhead‑box A1 (FOXA1) tended to be lower in the pCR group (AR, 0 vs. 29%, P=0.079; FOXA1, 8 vs. 29%, P=0.233). The Ki‑67 score was significantly higher in the pCR group than in the non‑pCR group (P=0.041). The results suggest that patients with TNBC who present with clinically less advanced tumors and less frequent mammographic calcification are more likely to respond to chemotherapy. From a pathological standpoint, IDC‑NOS type, negative AR status and higher Ki‑67 scores may be associated with chemotherapy sensitivity.
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., & Murata, Y. (2017). Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 14, 4135-4141. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6692
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., Murata, Y."Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer". Oncology Letters 14.4 (2017): 4135-4141.
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., Murata, Y."Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer". Oncology Letters 14, no. 4 (2017): 4135-4141. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6692
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., & Murata, Y. (2017). Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 14, 4135-4141. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6692
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., Murata, Y."Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer". Oncology Letters 14.4 (2017): 4135-4141.
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Nakashoji, A., Matsui, A., Nagayama, A., Iwata, Y., Sasahara, M., Murata, Y."Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer". Oncology Letters 14, no. 4 (2017): 4135-4141. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.6692
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