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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Impact of Preoperative

Yujiao Deng, Hongtao Li, Yi Zheng, Zhen Zhai, Meng Wang, Shuai Lin, Yizhen Li, Bajin Wei, Peng Xu, Ying Wu and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yujiao DengDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Hongtao LiDepartment of Breast Head and Neck Surgery, The 3rd Affiliated Teaching Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (Affiliated Tumor Hospital), Urumqi, China.
Yi ZhengDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhen ZhaiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Meng WangDepartment of Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Shuai LinDepartment of Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Yizhen LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Bajin WeiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Peng XuDepartment of Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Ying WuDepartment of Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xinyue DengDepartment of Oncology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Si YangDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jun LyuDepartment of Clinical Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Jingjing HuDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Huaying DongDepartment of General Surgery, Hainan General Hospital, Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Zhijun DaiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNZhejiang University · CNDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University · CNHainan General Hospital · CNTumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe treatment for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is a severe clinical problem. The postoperative radiotherapy is a conventional treatment method for patients with LABC, whereas the effect of preoperative radiotherapy on outcome of LABC remains controversial. This study aimed to examine and compare the overall survival (OS) in patients with LABC who underwent preoperative radiotherapy or postoperative radiotherapy.

methodsThis retrospective cohort study included 41,618 patients with LABC from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) between 2010 and 2014. We collected patients' demographic, clinicopathologic, treatment and survival information. Propensity score was used to match patients underwent pre-operative radiotherapy with those who underwent post-operative radiotherapy. Cox proportional hazard regression model was performed to access the association between variables and OS. Log-rank test was conducted to evaluate the difference in OS between groups.

resultsThe estimated median follow-up of all included participants was 69.6 months (IQR: 42.84-60.22); 70.1 months (IQR: 46.85-79.97) for postoperative radiotherapy, 68.5 (IQR: 41.13-78.23) for preoperative radiotherapy, and 67.5 (IQR: 25.92-70.99) for no radiotherapy. The 5-year survival rate was 80.01% (79.56-80.47) for LABC patients who received postoperative radiotherapy, 64.08% (57.55-71.34) for preoperative radiotherapy, and 59.67% (58.60-60.77) for no radiotherapy. Compared with no radiation, patients receiving postoperative radiotherapy had a 38% lower risk of mortality (HR=0.62, 95%CI: 0.60-0.65, p<0.001), whereas those who received preoperative radiotherapy had no significant survival benefit (HR=0.88, 95%CI: 0.70-1.11, p=0.282). Propensity score matched analysis indicated that patients treated with preoperative radiotherapy had similar outcomes as those treated with postoperative radiotherapy (AHR=1.23, 95%CI: 0.88-1.72, p=0.218). Further analysis showed that in C0 (HR=1.45, 95%CI: 1.01-2.07, p=0.044) and G1-2 (AHR=1.74, 95%CI: 1.59-5.96, p=0.001) subgroup, patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy showed a worse OS than those who received postoperative radiotherapy.

conclusionsPatients with LABC underwent postoperative radiotherapy had improved overall survival, whereas no significant survival benefit was observed in patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy. Preoperative radiotherapy did not present a better survival than postoperative radiotherapy for LABC patients.

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locally advanced breast cancerNational Cancer Databaseoverall survivalpostoperative radiotherapypreoperative radiotherapy

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