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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer: A Nation-Wide Multicenter Epidemiological Study in China.

Yun Wu, Yiqun Han, Pei Yu, Quchang Ouyang, Min Yan, Xiaojia Wang, Xichun Hu, Zefei Jiang, Tao Huang, Zhongsheng Tong and 17 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03047889 (A Nation-wide Multicenter Clinical Epidemiologic Study of Chinese Females With Advanced Breast), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 · The registry

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NCT03047889 unknown statusnot on this map

A Nation-wide Multicenter Clinical Epidemiologic Study of Chinese Females With Advanced Breast

TypeobservationalSponsorChinese Academy of Medical SciencesRan2016 to 2017Enrolled4,200ConditionsAdvanced Breast CancerArmsstandard therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors at 20 institutions in 1 country.

Yun WuDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yiqun HanDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Pei YuDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Quchang OuyangDepartment of Breast Cancer Medical Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha, China.
Min YanDepartment of Breast Disease, Henan Breast Cancer Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Xiaojia WangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
Xichun HuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Zefei JiangDepartment of Breast Cancer, The Fifth Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tao HuangDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zhongsheng TongDepartment of Breast Oncology, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Shusen WangDepartment of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Yongmei YinDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, Sichuan Province Tumor Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Runxiang YangDepartment of Medical Oncology, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Huawei YangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi, China.
Yuee TengDepartment of Medical Oncology and Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Tao SunDepartment of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Key Laboratory of Liaoning Breast Cancer Research, Shenyang, China.
Li CaiThe 4th Department of Internal Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China.
Hongyuan LiDepartment of the Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xi ChenDepartment of Medicine Oncology, 900 Hospital of the Joint Logistics Team, Fuzhou, China.
Jianjun HeDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xinlan LiuDepartment of Oncology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia, China.
Shune YangDepartment of Breast Cancer and Lymphoma, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Youlin QiaoDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jinhu FanDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jiayu WangDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Binghe XuDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CNChongqing Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNFirst Hospital of China Medical University · CNFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · CNHarbin Medical University · CNHenan Cancer Hospital · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNHunan Cancer Hospital · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CNKunming Medical University · CNLiaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute · CNNingxia Medical University · CNSichuan Cancer Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University · CNTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNTumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University · CNTumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University · CNZhejiang Cancer Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical guidelines generally recommend endocrine therapy (ET) as first-line treatment of hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer (HR+ ABC) whereas chemotherapy (CT) should be considered in the presence of life-threatening disease or limited clinical benefit after three sequential ET regimens. However, it is unclear if real-world clinical practice is in accordance with the current guidelines. This study was to present the real-world treatment patterns and ET regimens among HR+ ABC patients in China.

methodsUsing data from the Nation-wide Multicenter Retrospective Clinical Epidemiology Study of Female Advanced Breast Cancer in China (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03047889), we investigated the clinicopathological characteristics, clinical profiles, and treatment patterns of HR+ ABC patients from January 2012 to December 2014.

resultsA total of 2,342 patients with HR+ ABC were included in this study. Our findings revealed that, in comparisons with those receiving initial CT (n = 1445), patients initiated ET (n =402) were significantly older, later recurrent after adjuvant treatment, with a lower rate of visceral involvement and a decreasing quantity of metastatic sites. A total of 1,308 patients received palliative ET while only 18.9% patients (n = 247) reached three lines of ET. Among patients completing more than one line of ET, the median treatment duration was 8 months for the first line, 6 months for the second line, and 3 months for the third line for patients receiving ET. In the advanced setting, the choices of palliative ET regimens were diverse, yet aromatase inhibitor (AI) monotherapy was still the overall mainstay of ET; in contrast, patients were less accessible to everolimus plus AI regimen in this population.

conclusionsLess than one quarter of patients initiated palliative ET for HR+ ABC in routine clinical practice. Patients who received multi-lines of ET experienced successive shorter durations following each line of therapy. This real-life data provides a solid overview of ET for HR+ ABC from China, indicating unmet need for treatment options that improve the effectiveness of endocrine therapy.

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advanced breast cancerendocrine treatmentepidemiological studyhormone receptor-positivenationwide survey

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