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ArticleCancer management and research2019

Do early HER2-overexpression breast cancer patients benefit from undergoing neoadjuvant trastuzumab and mastectomy? A meta-analysis.

Lin He, Qian Wu, Jing Xiong, Zhumin Su, Biyuan Zhang, Yuhua Song

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Lin He *Breast Center B Ward, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Qian Wu *Breast Center B Ward, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Jing XiongDepartment of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Zhumin SuDepartment of Neurology, The People's Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
Biyuan ZhangDepartment of Radiotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yuhua SongBreast Center B Ward, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
Qingdao University · CNLiaoning Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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Abstract

purposeTo assess the overall survival (OS) of early human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-enriched breast cancer patients after receiving neoadjuvant trastuzumab (NAT) compared to adjuvant trastuzumab (AT) treatment and the difference in local-regional relapse (LRR) rate with this tumor and treatment between women after mastectomy and women after breast-conserving therapy (BCT).

methodsArticles were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. A pooled odds ratio (OR) with a 95% confidential interval (CI) was calculated. The StataSE version 12.0 software was employed for meta-analysis.

resultsTwelve available clinical studies containing 2366 subjects were included. The OS of NAT compared with that of AT was not significantly different (pooled OR=1.04; 95% CI, 0.47-2.33). There was a significantly lower LRR rate for patients with mastectomy compared to those with BCT (pooled OR=0.58; 95% CI, 0.38-0.89); however, subgroup analysis revealed that the significant advantage of LRR for mastectomy compared to BCT was only represented in women without trastuzumab treatment (pooled OR=0.52; 95% CI, 0.31-0.88) compared to those who received trastuzumab treatment (pooled OR=0.71; 95% CI, 0.34-1.49).

conclusionEarly stage HER2-overexpression breast cancer patients benefit with an equivalent OS from NAT treatment compared to AT. Patients who underwent mastectomy and BCT experienced a similar LRR rate if they received anti-HER2 targeted therapy of trastuzumab, but the LRR rate was discernibly reduced in patients who received mastectomy compared to BCT if they did not also receive trastuzumab treatment.

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breast cancerbreast conserving therapyhuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2mastectomytrastuzumab

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