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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2020

Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for patients with triple-negative breast cancer with histology of infiltrating duct carcinoma.

Na Jing, Ming-Wei Ma, Xian-Shu Gao, Jian-Ting Liu, Xiao-Bin Gu, Min Zhang, Bo Zhao, Yu Wang, Xian-Ling Wang, Hai-Xia Jia

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Na JingDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Ming-Wei MaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xian-Shu GaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jian-Ting LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Xiao-Bin GuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Min ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Bo ZhaoDepartment of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yu WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Xian-Ling WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Hai-Xia JiaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanxi Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

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backgroundThe purpose of this study was to develop prognostic nomograms from a cohort of patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with histology of infiltrating duct carcinoma (IDC) by correlating their clinical and pathological parameters with the rates of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS).

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed TNBC patients with histology of IDC at our institution between 2009 and 2012. Age, family history, menopausal status, surgery type, T stage, N stage, histological grade, vascular invasion, perineural invasion, cytokeratin 5/6 status, Ki-67 expression, and epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) status were analyzed. Predictors were used in multivariable logistic regression analysis to develop a nomogram to predict DFS and OS rates. The nomograms were then subjected to internal validation, with external validation of the nomogram for predicting OS using separate cohorts of TNBC patients known from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Using the concordance index (C-index) with calibration curves, the predictive accuracy and discriminative ability were calculated.

resultsA total of 242 eligible TNBC patients were included for analysis. The median follow-up time was 70.73 months. Of the patients, 32.6%, 42.6%, and 24.8% had stage I, II, and III disease, respectively. The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 81.0% and 76.5% for DFS, and 86.5% and 81.1%, for OS, respectively. Age, T stage, N stage, and E-cadherin status were found to be risk factors. The nomograms based on those risk factors accurately predicted the 3- and 5-year survival rates. The C-index was 0.798 and 0.821 for DFS and OS, respectively. Besides, the nomogram for OS showed relatively reliable performance in stratifying different risk groups of patients in training and validation cohorts identified from the TCGA database. The C-index reached 0.843. DFS validation was not completed, as there was insufficient data.

conclusionsUsing clinicopathological information, we produced a prognostic nomogram that accurately predicts the 3- and 5-year DFS and OS for patients with TNBC with histology of IDC. More external confirmation is required.

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comprehensive therapydisease-free survival (DFS)nomogramoverall survival (OS)Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)

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