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HER2-Low Breast Cancer: Molecular Characteristics and Prognosis

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Agostinetto, Elisa, Rediti, Mattia, Fimereli, Danai, Debien, Véronique, Piccart, Martine, Aftimos, Philippe, Sotiriou, Christos, de Azambuja, Evandro·2021·Cancers

Abstract

Background: We aimed to determine the distribution of intrinsic subtypes within HER2-low breast cancer (BC), and to describe the prognostic impact of HER2-low status on survival outcomes. Methods: This is a retrospective, observational study of primary BC extracted from The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset. We described the distribution of PAM50 intrinsic subtypes within HER2-low BC subtype according to hormonal receptor status (positive (HR+) and negative (HR−)). Secondly, we assessed the impact of HER2-low on survival outcomes (progression-free interval (PFI), disease-free interval (DFI), and overall survival (OS)). Results: We analyzed 804 primary BCs, including 410 (51%) HER2-low BCs (336 HR+ and 74 HR−). The proportion of HER2-enriched tumors was higher in the HER2-low/HR− group compared to HER2-low/HR+ (13.7% versus 1.2%, respectively). HER2-enriched tumors were more frequent in HER2-low/HR− and HER2-low/HR+ subtypes, compared to HER2-negative/HR− and HER2-negative/HR+ subtypes, respectively (13.7% versus 1.6% and 1.2% versus 0.5%, respectively). We observed no significant differences in PFI, DFI, and OS between HER2-low subtypes and each non-HER2-low subtype paired by HR status. Conclusions: Our characterization of PAM50 intrinsic subtypes within HER2-low breast cancer may explain the different clinical behaviors and responses to treatment, and ultimately support further investigation of new treatment strategies in the HER2-low category. Moreover, it highlights the importance of considering HR status in the HER2-low category.

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Authors
Agostinetto, E., Rediti, M., Fimereli, D., Debien, V., Piccart, M., Aftimos, P., Sotiriou, C., & de Azambuja, E.
Venue
Cancers
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-06-05
Volume
13
Issue
11
Pages
2824
ISSN
2072-6694 (ISSN-L)
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W3166066183
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39
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16.50
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journal article
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en
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Agostinetto, E., Rediti, M., Fimereli, D., Debien, V., Piccart, M., Aftimos, P., Sotiriou, C., & de Azambuja, E. (2021). HER2-Low Breast Cancer: Molecular Characteristics and Prognosis. Cancers. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13112824

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