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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Evaluation of Complete Pathological Regression after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients with BRCA1 Founder Mutation Aided Bayesian A/B Testing Approach.

Piotr Kedzierawski, Pawel Macek, Izabela Ciepiela, Artur Kowalik, Stanislaw Gozdz

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piotr KedzierawskiDepartment of Oncology, Institute of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-713 Kielce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1835-8794
Pawel MacekDepartment of Oncology, Institute of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-713 Kielce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9755-7507
Izabela CiepielaRadiotherapy Clinic, Holycross Cancer Centre, 25-734 Kielce, Poland.
Artur KowalikDivision of Medical Biology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-406 Kielce, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3718-999X
Stanislaw GozdzDepartment of Oncology, Institute of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-713 Kielce, Poland.
Jan Kochanowski University · PLHoly Cross University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the probability of pathologic complete regression (pCR) by the BRCA1 gene mutation status in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The study involved 143 women (mean age 55.4 ± 13.1 years) with TNBC. The BRCA1 mutation was observed in 17% of the subjects. The most commonly used (85.3%) chemotherapy regimen was four cycles of adriamycine and cyclophosphamide followed by 12 cycles of paclitaxel (4AC + 12T). The differences between clinico-pathological factors by BRCA1 status were estimated. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for pCR vs. non-pCR were calculated using logistic regression. The probability distribution of pCR based on BRCA1 status was estimated using beta distributions. The presence of T3-T4 tumours, cancer in stages II and III, lymphovascular invasion, and the use of chemotherapy schedules other than 4AC + 12T significantly decreased the odds of pCR. It was established that there was a 20% chance that pCR in patients with the BRCA1 mutation was 50% or more times as frequent than in patients without the mutation. Thus, the BRCA1 mutation can be a predictive factor for pCR in patients with TNBC.

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Bayesian statisticsBRCA1breast cancerpathologic complete regressiontriple-negative breast cancer

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