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ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2021

Relationships between pathological factors and long-term outcomes in patients enrolled in two prospective randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy of oral tegafur-uracil with CMF (N·SAS-BC 01 trial and CUBC trial).

Shinji Ohno, Shigehira Saji, Norikazu Masuda, Hitoshi Tsuda, Futoshi Akiyama, Masafumi Kurosumi, Akihiko Shimomura, Nobuaki Sato, Shintaro Takao, Shozo Ohsumi and 4 more

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14 authors at 13 institutions in 1 country.

Shinji OhnoCancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. shinji.ohno@jfcr.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2093-3353
Shigehira SajiFukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
Norikazu MasudaNational Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Hitoshi TsudaNational Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
Futoshi AkiyamaCancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Masafumi KurosumiKameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
Akihiko ShimomuraNational Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuaki SatoNiigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
Shintaro TakaoHyogo Cancer Center, Hyogo, Japan.
Shozo OhsumiNHO Shikoku Cancer Center, Ehime, Japan.
Yutaka TokudaTokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Hideo InajiKaizuka City Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Toru WatanabeHamamatsu Oncology Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Yasuo OhashiChuo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research · JPChuo University · JPFukushima Medical University · JPHamamatsu Medical Center · JPHyogo Prefectural Cancer Center · JPKameda Medical Center · JPNational Defense Medical College · JPNiigata Cancer Center Hospital · JPOsaka National Hospital · JPShikoku Cancer Center · JPTakarazuka City Hospital · JPTokai University · JPTokyo National Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the efficacies of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) and tegafur-uracil (UFT) as adjuvant therapy in patients with resected stage I-IIIA breast cancer by immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based subtype and to determine the relationships between clinicopathological factors and long-term outcomes.

methodsA pooled analysis of the randomized controlled N·SAS-BC 01 and CUBC studies was conducted. Expression of hormone receptors (HRs; estrogen and progesterone receptors), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), and Ki67were assessed by IHC. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and nuclear/histological grades were determined by hematoxylin and eosin staining. Relapse-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated by Kaplan-Meier analysis and hazard ratios were determined by Cox model adjusted for baseline tumor size and nodal status.

resultsA total of 689 patients (342 CMF and 347 UFT) were included in the analyses with a median follow-up of 11.1 years. There was no significant difference in RFS or OS between the two cohorts (RFS: 0.96 [95% confidence interval: 0.71-1.30], log-rank test p = 0.80; OS: 0.93 [0.64-1.35], p = 0.70). There was no difference in RFS or OS between the two cohorts for HR+/HER2- and HR+/HER2+ subtypes. RFS was significantly longer in patients treated with UFT compared with CMF in patients with HR-/HER2+ subtype (0.30 [0.10-0.88], p = 0.03). A high TILs level was associated with a better OS compared with low TILs level (p = 0.02).

conclusionsThis long-term follow-up study showed that RFS and OS were similar in patients with luminal-type breast cancer treated with CMF and UFT.

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Breast NeoplasmsTegafurAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCyclophosphamideDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFluorouracilFollow-Up StudiesHumansMethotrexateNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicCyclophosphamideFluorouracilMethotrexateTegafurAdjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerCMFTegafur–uracilTumor-infiltrating lymphocyte

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