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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2021

Pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, but not the addition of carboplatin, is associated with improved survival in Chilean triple negative breast cancer patients: a report of real world data.

Benjamín Walbaum, Francisco Acevedo, Lidia Medina, M Loreto Bravo, Tomas Merino, Mauricio Camus, Francisco Dominguez, Sebastián Mondaca, Héctor Galindo, Bruno Nervi and 8 more

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamín WalbaumDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Francisco AcevedoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Lidia MedinaCancer Center 'Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza', Red de Salud UC Christus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
M Loreto BravoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Tomas MerinoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Mauricio CamusDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Francisco DominguezDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Sebastián MondacaDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Héctor GalindoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Bruno NerviDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Carolina IbañezDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Jorge MadridDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Sabrina MuñizComplejo Asistencial Hospital Dr Sotero del Rio, Santiago, Chile.
José PeñaDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Érica KochDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Marcelo GarridoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Mauricio P PintoDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
César SánchezDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Chile.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLComplejo Asistencial Sótero del Río · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBreast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death for Chilean women. About 11% of cases are triple-negative (TN) BC. These are characterised by poor prognosis, higher risk of early recurrence and visceral dissemination versus other BC subtypes. Current standard treatment for early-stage non-metastatic TNBC patients consists of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by surgery and radiotherapy. Pathological complete response (pCR) to NACT is associated with an increase in survival rates. In general, NACT and adjuvant regimens involve similar cytotoxic drugs. Recent studies have postulated that the use of platinum compounds in TNBC would increase response rates. However, their effects on patient survival remain uncertain. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrieved and analysed medical records from a total of 156 Chilean stage I-III TNBC female patients that received NACT and compared survival rates using carboplatin (Cb)-containing versus non-Cb-containing regimens at two health cancer centres.

resultsMedian age was 51 years (range: 24-81); 13.5% (

conclusionsTo the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first report on real-world data in the Chilean population assessing the effect of Cb-containing NACT in TNBC. The authors' results suggest no survival benefit by the addition of Cb to standard NACT. However, we confirm an increase in survival associated to pCR regardless of treatment.

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breast neoplasmcarboplatinchemotherapyneoadjuvanttriple negative

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PMID33777171
PMCPMC7987491
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