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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2023

Efficacy of front-line treatment for hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with germline BRCA1/2 mutation.

J-S Frenel, A Lusque, S Delaloge, J-M Ferrero, T Bachelot, I Desmoulins, C Levy, J-C Eymard, A Gonçalves, A Patsouris and 10 more

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03275311 (Epidemiological Strategy and Medical Economic), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03275311 recruitingnot on this map

Epidemiological Strategy and Medical Economic (ESME) Research Program / Academic Real World Database: Evolution of the Therapeutic Care in Metastatic Breast Cancer Across the French Comprehensive Cancer Centers From 2008

TypeobservationalSponsorUNICANCERRan2014 to 2027Enrolled42,000ConditionsMetastatic Breast Cancer
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2026
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  5. Prevalence of germlineThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 18 institutions in 1 country.

J-S FrenelMedical Oncology, ICO Institut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest René Gauducheau, Saint-Herblain, France. Jean-sebastien.frenel@ico.unicancer.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-5273-0561
A LusqueBiostatistics & Health Data Science Unit, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, Toulouse, France.
S DelalogeDepartment of Cancer Medicine, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2106-9165
J-M FerreroMedical Oncology, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France.
T BachelotMedical Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0866-9484
I DesmoulinsMedical Oncology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc (Dijon), Dijon, France.
C LevyMedical Oncology, Centre Francois Baclesse, Caen, France.
J-C EymardMedical Oncology, Institut Jean Godinot, Reims, France.
A GonçalvesMedical Oncology Department, Institute Paoli Calmettes, Marseille, France.
A PatsourisMedical Oncology Department, ICO - Institut de cancerologie de l'Ouest - Site Paul Papin, Angers, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9101-5424
M A Mouret ReynierMedical Oncology, Jean Perrin Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
M J-C TheryMedical Oncology, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France.
T PetitBas-Rhin, Centre Paul Strauss Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer, Strasbourg, France.
L CabelMedical Oncology, Hôpital René Huguenin - Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5515-9180
L UwerMedical Oncology, Institut de Cancerologie de Lorraine - Alexis Vautrin, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France.
M DebledMedical Oncology, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
M ChevrotDepartment of Real World Data, UNICANCER, Paris, France.
A MailliezMedical Oncology, Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
W JacotMedical Oncology Department, ICM Regional Cancer Institute of Montpellier, Montpellier University, INSERM U1194, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7834-061X
T de La Motte RougeMedical Oncology, Centre Eugene - Marquis, Rennes, France.
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest · FRCentre Antoine Lacassagne · FRCentre Eugène Marquis · FRCentre François Baclesse · FRCentre Georges François Leclerc · FRCentre Jean Perrin · FRCentre Léon Bérard · FRCentre Oscar Lambret · FRCentre Virchow-Villermé · FRHôpital René Huguenin · FRInserm · FRInstitut Bergonié · FRInstitut Claudius Regaud · FRInstitut de Cancérologie de Lorraine · FRInstitut Gustave Roussy · FRInstitut Jean Godinot · FRInstitut Paoli-Calmettes · FRUniCancer Group · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEfficacy of endocrine therapy in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer could differ depending on the presence of BRCA1/2 germline mutation.

methodsThe ESME metastatic breast cancer platform (NCT03275311) is a French real world database. Multivariable models including a time-varying approach and landmark analyses assessed the association between time-dependent gBRCA status (categorised as gBRCAm, gBRCAwt (wild type), and untested), overall survival (OS), and first-line progression-free survival (PFS1).

resultsA total of 170 patients were gBRCAm carriers, 676 gBRCAwt, and 12,930 were untested at baseline. In the multivariable analysis, gBRCAm carriers overall had a lower OS compared to gBRCAwt (adjusted HR [95% CI] 1.26 [1.03-1.55]). gBRCAm patients treated with front-line endocrine therapy had lower adjusted OS (adjusted HR [95% CI] = 1.54 [1.03-2.32]) and PFS1 (adjusted HR [95% CI] 1.58 [1.17-2.12]) compared to gBRCAwt patients. However, for patients who received frontline chemotherapy, neither OS nor PFS1 differed between gBRCAm carriers and the other groups (HR versus gBRCAwt for OS: 1.12 [0.88-1.41], p = 0.350; PFS1: 1.09 [0.90-1.31], p = 0.379).

conclusionIn this large cohort of HR+/HER2- MBC patients treated in a pre-CDK4/6 inhibitors era, gBRCAm status was associated with a lower OS and lower PFS following first-line endocrine therapy, but not following first-line chemotherapy.

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Breast NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGerm CellsHumansMutationBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID37012318
PMCPMC10205708
OpenAlexW4362521956

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