Division of New Drug Development, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA; General Surgery, Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Eur J Cancer. 2018 Jul;97:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.03.023. Epub 2018 May 17.
We conducted a meta-analysis of randomised trials evaluating pathological complete response (pCR) and surgical outcomes after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) in patients with early breast cancer (EBC).
The primary outcome was breast-conserving surgery (BCT) rate. Secondary outcomes were pCR rate and association to BCT. Meta-analyses were performed using random effects models that use inverse-variance weighting for each treatment arm based on evaluable patients. Point estimates are reported with 95% confidence interval (CI), and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Thirty-six studies were identified (N = 12,311 patients). We selected for the analysis 16 of 36 studies reporting both pCR and BCT for at least one treatment arm. Arms per study ranged from one to six; 42 independent units were available to evaluate the association between pCR and BCT. BCT rate ranged 5-76% across arms with an average BCT of 57% (95% CI 52-62%). Significant heterogeneity was observed among the trials (Cochrane Q = 787, p < 0.001, I = 97%). In the meta-regression model, BCT rates were not significantly associated with year of first patient-in (p = 0.89), grade (p = 0.93) and hormone-receptor status (p = 0.39). Clinical N-stage (p = 0.01) and human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER2) status (p = 0.03) were significantly associated with BCT. pCR rate ranged 3-60% across studies. The average pCR across all study arms was 24% (95% CI 19-29%). No association was observed between pCR rate in a study arm and the resulting BCT rate in a univariate model (p = 0.34) nor after adjusting for HER2 and clinical nodal status (p = 0.82). In the subset of 14 multi-arm studies, no significant association was seen between the differences in pCR and BCT between treatment arms (p = 0.27).
pCR does not increase BCT in patients receiving NST for EBC.
我们对评估新辅助全身治疗(NST)后早期乳腺癌(EBC)患者病理完全缓解(pCR)和手术结局的随机试验进行了荟萃分析。
主要结局是保乳手术(BCT)率。次要结局是 pCR 率和与 BCT 的关系。使用随机效应模型对每个治疗组进行荟萃分析,根据可评估患者对每个治疗组使用逆方差加权。报告点估计值和 95%置信区间(CI),p<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
确定了 36 项研究(N=12311 例患者)。我们选择了 16 项研究进行分析,这些研究报告了至少一个治疗组的 pCR 和 BCT。每项研究的臂数从 1 到 6 不等;有 42 个独立单位可用于评估 pCR 和 BCT 之间的关系。臂间的 BCT 率范围为 5-76%,平均 BCT 为 57%(95%CI 52-62%)。试验间存在显著的异质性(Cochrane Q=787,p<0.001,I=97%)。在多元回归模型中,BCT 率与首次入组患者的年份(p=0.89)、分级(p=0.93)和激素受体状态(p=0.39)无显著相关性。临床 N 期(p=0.01)和人表皮生长因子受体(HER2)状态(p=0.03)与 BCT 显著相关。pCR 率在研究间范围为 3-60%。所有研究组的平均 pCR 为 24%(95%CI 19-29%)。在单变量模型中,研究组中 pCR 率与导致的 BCT 率之间未见相关性(p=0.34),也未见在调整 HER2 和临床淋巴结状态后相关性(p=0.82)。在 14 项多臂研究的亚组中,治疗组间 pCR 和 BCT 的差异之间未见显著相关性(p=0.27)。
在接受 NST 治疗 EBC 的患者中,pCR 不会增加 BCT。