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HER2 positivity is not associated with adverse prognosis in high-risk estrogen receptor-positive early breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and trastuzumab.


ABSTRACT: Co-expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) and hormone receptor (HR) predicted worse prognosis in early breast cancer before trastuzumab was developed. We aimed to investigate whether HER2 positivity was still associated with worse outcome in high-risk estrogen receptor (ER) positive patients treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy. In the present study, 227 ER+/HER2+ patients treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy (HER2-pos-T group) and 1097 ER+/HER2-patients treated with chemotherapy alone (HER2-neg group) during 2009 and 2015 were retrospectively enrolled for the comparison of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). At a median follow-up of 59 months, 174 DFS events and 69 deaths were observed. The estimated 5-year DFS rate was 94.2% in the HER2-pos-T group and 87.4% in the HER2-neg group (Log-rank P = 0.014). HER2-pos-T group was associated with significantly better DFS in multivariate analysis (HR 0.38, 95% CI: 0.22-0.67, Log-rank P = 0.001). The estimated 5-year OS rates for the two groups were 97.2% and 95.7%, respectively (Log-rank P = 0.183). In multivariable analysis, patients in the HER2-pos-T group had significantly better OS compared with those in the HER2-neg group (HR 0.40, 95% CI: 0.17-0.95, Log-rank P = 0.037). We concluded that high-risk ER+/HER2+ breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and trastuzumab had superior prognosis compared with ER+/HER2-patients. Therefore, HER2 positivity itself may not be considered as an unfavorable factor for ER + patients in the era of trastuzumab.

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653101 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HER2 positivity is not associated with adverse prognosis in high-risk estrogen receptor-positive early breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy and trastuzumab.

Li Shuai S   Wu Jiayi J   Huang Ou O   He Jianrong J   Zhu Li L   Chen Weiguo W   Li Yafen Y   Chen Xiaosong X   Shen Kunwei K  

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 20201015


Co-expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) and hormone receptor (HR) predicted worse prognosis in early breast cancer before trastuzumab was developed. We aimed to investigate whether HER2 positivity was still associated with worse outcome in high-risk estrogen receptor (ER) positive patients treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy. In the present study, 227 ER+/HER2+ patients treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy (HER2-pos-T group) and 1097 ER+/HER2-patients treated  ...[more]

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