M. Sancho de Salas (Salamanca, Spain)

University Hospital of Salamanca

Author Of 2 Presentations

62P - Influence of PAM50 on therapeutic decisions in patients with early-stage Luminal Breast Cancer in a single centre

Abstract

Background

One of the greatest challenges in the treatment of breast cancer (BC) is the correct detection of those patients with early-stage (ES) Luminal BC who do not require treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy (CT). The use of genomic platforms shows a prognostic / predictive value, and information on the intrinsic subtype of BC. This is a fundamental tool for the identification of these patients. The objective of this study is to assess the influence that the use of the Prosignaâ/PAM50 genomic platform has on therapeutic decisions in patients with ES Luminal BC.

Methods

A prospective study of 143 patients diagnosed with ES BC was carried out at the University Hospital of Salamanca between 2015 and 2020. All tumour samples were analysed with PAM50 / Prosignaâ (NanoString Technologies, Seattle, WA, USA). Statistical analysis was performed using EZR (Easy R) v1.5 software.

Results

The median age was 54 years [32–74]. Using immunohistochemistry (IHC), 64 tumours (44.8%) were classified as Luminal A-like and 79 (55.2%) as Luminal B-like. After reclassifying the tumours using PAM50, a total of 91 (63.6%) tumours were reclassified as Luminal A, and 52 (36.7%) were deemed Luminal B. A resulting change in post-test therapeutic decisions occurred in 41 patients (29%). Of the 97 patients with a pre-test decision of only adjuvant hormonal therapy (HT), 27 of them (28%) decided to add CT. Of the 46 patients with a pre-test decision of CT + HT, 14 (30%) received only HT after the test results. In 28% of the patients, the decision change was from HT to CT + HT. The change from CT + HT to HT alone occurred in 39% of the cases. With a median follow-up of 32 months, there have been no relapses to date, after making the decision using PAM50.

Conclusions

Despite the small sample size of our series, we have confirmed the great importance of the performance of a gene expression profile in clinical practice, as it directly impacts decisions concerning the adjuvant treatment of Luminal BC. PAM50 also made it possible to reclassify the intrinsic subtype in a significant proportion of patients. As no relapse has occurred in the included patients, this tool should be used in the selection of the most appropriate treatment for these patients.

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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65P - Patient’s follow-up of NEOVATTL study

Abstract

Background

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has gained attention due to its potential for less invasive management of the axilla and the increasing number of early-stage breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy prior to surgery. One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) assay is an accurate and reliable option for intraoperative molecular analysis of SLN status. NEOVATTL study demonstrates its predictive and prognostic value for non-SLN involvement and disease recurrence in breast cancer patients who had received NST. Therefore, the aim of the study was to show the follow-up of those patients that were recruited in NEOVATTL study and to corroborate the favorable prognosis of the patients with low axillary tumour load.

Methods

This is a multicentric and retrospective study in which the patients underwent intraoperative SLN biopsy after NST. The data was obtained from a Spanish Sentinel Lymph Node database. TTL was defined as the total sum of CK19 mRNA copies in all positive SLNs.

Results

A total of 314 patients were included; 75.0% were cN0 prior to NST. 91.7% received chemotherapy with or without biologic therapy, and 81 patients had a pathologic complete response. TTL was predictive of non-SLN involvement at a cut-off of 15,000 copies/μL had a negative predictive value of 90.5%. TTL was prognostic of disease recurrence and DFS at a cut-off of 25,000 copies/μL.

Conclusions

TTL >15,000 mRNA copies/μL was predictive of non-SLN involvement and TTL >25,000 mRNA copies/μL was associated with a higher risk of disease recurrence in breast cancer patients who had received NST. Follow up between five to ten years have demonstrated a favourable prognosis of patients with low TTL (<15,000mRNA).

Legal entity responsible for the study

Sociedad Española de Senología y Patología Mamaria (SESPM).

Funding

Sysmex España S.L.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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