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Trial reportScientific reports2021

The variant T allele of PvuII in ESR1 gene is a prognostic marker in early breast cancer survival.

Danny Houtsma, Stefanie de Groot, Renee Baak-Pablo, Elma Meershoek-Klein Kranenbarg, Caroline M Seynaeve, Cornelis J H van de Velde, Stefan Böhringer, Judith R Kroep, Henk -Jan Guchelaar, Hans Gelderblom

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genotype and Haplotype Analysis BetweenHealth science reports · 2025
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  3. Association of Polymorphisms inDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  4. Somatic Mutations ofJournal of breast cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Danny HoutsmaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
Stefanie de GrootDepartment of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, 2300 RC, The Netherlands. s.de_groot2@lumc.nl.
Renee Baak-PabloDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Elma Meershoek-Klein KranenbargDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Caroline M SeynaeveDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Cornelis J H van de VeldeDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Stefan BöhringerDepartment of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Judith R KroepDepartment of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
Henk -Jan GuchelaarDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hans GelderblomDepartment of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, 2300 RC, The Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLErasmus MC Cancer Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The PvuII (rs2234693) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) in the gene coding for the estrogen receptor-1 (ESR1), has been found associated with outcome in tamoxifen treated patients with early hormone-receptor positive breast cancer. However, it remains unclear whether this SNP is a predictive marker for tamoxifen efficacy or a prognostic marker for breast cancer outcome. The aim of this study was to examine the prognostic potential of this SNP in postmenopausal early breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant exemestane. Dutch postmenopausal patients randomised to 5 years of adjuvant exemestane of whom tissue was available (N = 807) were selected from the Tamoxifen Exemestane Adjuvant Multinational (TEAM) trial database. The SNP rs2234693 in the ESR1 gene was genotyped on DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue using Taqman assays and related to the primary endpoint disease-free survival (DFS) and secondary endpoint overall survival (OS). Survival analyses were performed using Cox regression analysis. In total 805 patients were included in the analyses (median follow up of 5.22 years) and genotypes were obtained in 97% of the samples. The variant T allele of PvuII in ESR1 (rs2234693) was associated with a better DFS (hazard ratio (HR) 0.689, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.480-0.989, P = 0.044) in univariate analysis only, and a better OS in both univariate (HR 0.616, 95%, CI 0.411-0.923, P = 0.019) and multivariate analyses (HR 0.571, 95% CI 0.380-0.856, P = 0.007), consistent with a prognostic rather than a predictive drug response effect. Variation of PvuII in the ESR1 gene is related to OS in postmenopausal, early HR + breast cancer patients treated with exemestane in the TEAM study. Variation in the ESR1 gene may therefore be a prognostic marker of early breast cancer survival, and warrants further research.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAllelesAndrostadienesAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisAndrostadienesAntineoplastic AgentsESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaexemestane

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PMID33547330
PMCPMC7864972
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