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Expression of breast cancer stem cell markers as predictors of prognosis and response to trastuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer.


ABSTRACT: Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) have been suggested to have clinical implications for cancer therapeutics because of their proposed role in chemoresistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of BCSC marker expression on clinical outcome and trastuzumab response in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer.We analysed the expression of BCSC markers, CD44+/CD24- and aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1), and clinical outcomes in three sets of breast cancer cases: Set 1, 242 HER2-positive primary breast cancers treated by various modalities; Set 2, 447 HER2-positive primary breast cancers treated with surgery and chemotherapy plus adjuvant trastuzumab; Set 3, 112 metastatic HER2-positive breast cancers treated with trastuzumab.Expression of CD44+/CD24- and ALDH1 was detected in 30.7% and 10.0%, respectively, of the Set 1 cases, and was associated with hormone receptor negativity. In survival analyses, expression of CD44+/CD24-, but not ALDH1, was found to be an independent prognostic factor for poor disease-free and overall survival in whole patients and also in the subgroup not receiving adjuvant trastuzumab. In Set 2 cases treated with adjuvant trastuzumab, CD44+/CD24- expression was an independent prognostic factor for poor disease-free survival, but not for overall survival; expression of ALDH1 had no impact on disease-free or overall survival. In metastatic disease treated with trastuzumab (Set 3 cases), CD44+/CD24- and ALDH1 expression had no effect on trastuzumab response or survival.These results suggest that the CD44+/CD24- phenotype can be used as a prognostic factor for clinical outcome and a predictive factor of trastuzumab response in patients with HER2-positive primary breast cancer.

SUBMITTER: Seo AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865964 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expression of breast cancer stem cell markers as predictors of prognosis and response to trastuzumab in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Seo An Na AN   Lee Hee Jin HJ   Kim Eun Joo EJ   Jang Min Hye MH   Kim Yu Jung YJ   Kim Jee Hyun JH   Kim Sung-Won SW   Ryu Han Suk HS   Park In Ae IA   Im Seock-Ah SA   Gong Gyungyub G   Jung Kyung Hae KH   Kim Hee Jeong HJ   Park So Yeon SY  

British journal of cancer 20160426 10


<h4>Background</h4>Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) have been suggested to have clinical implications for cancer therapeutics because of their proposed role in chemoresistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of BCSC marker expression on clinical outcome and trastuzumab response in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We analysed the expression of BCSC markers, CD44+/CD24- and aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1), and clinical out  ...[more]

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