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Response prediction to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

ABSTRACT: We investigated whether we could identify gene expression profiles in initial core biopsies of breast cancer samples that would permit to a) predict a clinically meaningful response to Epi/Doc in terms of tumor size reduction, b) predict a profound reduction in intratumoral Ki67 protein expression, and c) predict an in vitro response to Epi/Doc in the ATP-TCA. 22 Samples from breast cancer patients with corresponding treatment response indicators

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Klinglmueller Florian

PROVIDER: S-ECPF-GEOD-29561 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is increasingly being used to preoperatively shrink breast tumours prior to surgery. This approach also provides the opportunity to study the molecular changes associated with treatment and evaluate whether on-treatment sequential samples can improve response and outcome predictions over diagnostic or excision samples alone. Methods: A total of 95 samples from a cohort of 50 neoadjuvant chemotherapy-treated primary breast cancer patients (aged 29-76, 48% ER+, 20% HER2+) enrolled in the NEO trial taken before, at 2 weeks on-treatment, mid-therapy and at resection were sequenced with Ion Ampliseq transcriptome yielding expression values for 12,635 genes. Differential expression analysis was performed across 16 responders and 34 non-responders defined by pathological complete response and over treatment time to identify significantly differentially expressed genes, pathways and markers indicative of response status. Prediction accuracy was compared with estimations of established gene signatures, for this dataset and validated using data from the I-SPY1 trial. Results: AAGAB was identified as a novel on-treatment biomarker for pathological complete response, with an accuracy of 100% in the NEO training dataset and 78% accuracy in the I-SPY1 Trial. AAGAB levels on treatment were also significantly predictive of term survival (p = 0.048, p = 0.031) in the two cohorts. This single gene on-treatment biomarker, had greater predictive accuracy than established prognostic tests, Mammaprint and Pam50 risk of recurrence score, although interesting both of these tests performed better in the on-treatment rather than the accepted pre-treatment setting (accuracy improving consistently by 2-8%). Conclusion: Changes in gene expression measured in sequential samples from breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulted in the identification of a novel on-treatment biomarker and suggest that established prognostic tests may have greater prediction accuracy on- than before treatment. These results support the potential use and further evaluation of on- treatment testing in breast cancer to improve the accuracy of tumour response prediction.

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Response prediction to neoadjuvant chemotherapy

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