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Ki67, chemotherapy response, and prognosis in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant treatment

Fasching, Peter A. ; Heusinger, Katharina ; Haeberle, Lothar ; Niklos, Melitta ; Hein, Alexander ; Bayer, Christian M. ; Rauh, Claudia ; Schulz-Wendtland, Rüdiger ; Bani, Mayada R. ; Schrauder, Michael ; Kahmann, Laura ; Lux, Michael P. ; Strehl, Johanna D. ; Hartmann, Arndt ; Dimmler, Arno ; Beckmann, Matthias W. ; Wachter, David L.

Frauenklinik

Originalveröffentlichung: (2011) BMC Cancer 11.486 (2011): 22.03.2012 <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/486>
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Collection: Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg / Von der FAU geförderte Open Access Artikel / 2011
Fakultät: Medizinische Fakultät
DDC-Sachgruppe: Medizin
Dokumentart: Aufsatz
Sprache: Englisch
Erstellungsjahr: 2011
Publikationsdatum: 22.03.2012
Kurzfassung in Englisch: Background: The pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a surrogate marker for a favorable prognosis in breast cancer patients. Factors capable of predicting a pCR, such as the proliferation
marker Ki67, may therefore help improve our understanding of the drug response and its effect on the prognosis.
This study investigated the predictive and prognostic value of Ki67 in patients with invasive breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer.
Methods: Ki67 was stained routinely from core biopsies in 552 patients directly after the fixation and embedding process. HER2/neu, estrogen and progesterone receptors, and grading were also assessed before treatment. These data were used to construct univariate and multivariate models for predicting pCR and prognosis. The tumors were also classified by molecular phenotype to identify subgroups in which predicting pCR and prognosis with Ki67 might be feasible.
Results: Using a cut-off value of > 13% positively stained cancer cells, Ki67 was found to be an independent predictor for pCR (OR 3.5; 95% CI, 1.4, 10.1) and for overall survival (HR 8.1; 95% CI, 3.3 to 20.4) and distant diseasefree
survival (HR 3.2; 95% CI, 1.8 to 5.9). The mean Ki67 value was 50.6 ± 23.4% in patients with pCR. Patients without a pCR had an average of 26.7 ± 22.9% positively stained cancer cells.
Conclusions: Ki67 has predictive and prognostic value and is a feasible marker for clinical practice. It independently improved the prediction of treatment response and prognosis in a group of breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant treatment. As mean Ki67 values in patients with a pCR were very high, cut-off values in a high range above which the prognosis may be better than in patients with lower Ki67 values may be hypothesized. Larger studies will be needed in order to investigate these findings further.


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