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ArticleNPJ breast cancer2024

The survival benefit of adjuvant trastuzumab with or without chemotherapy in the management of small (T1mic, T1a, T1b, T1c), node negative HER2+ breast cancer.

Kai C C Johnson, Ai Ni, Dionisia Quiroga, Ashley C Pariser, Preeti K Sudheendra, Nicole O Williams, Sagar D Sardesai, Mathew Cherian, Daniel G Stover, Margaret Gatti-Mays and 5 more

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Article in NPJ breast cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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15 authors.

Kai C C JohnsonThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ai NiDivision of Biostatistics, The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA.
Dionisia QuirogaThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-7069
Ashley C PariserThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Preeti K SudheendraThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Nicole O WilliamsThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Sagar D SardesaiThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Mathew CherianThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Daniel G StoverThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-8165
Margaret Gatti-MaysThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-2897
Bhuvaneswari RamaswamyThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-8379
Maryam LustbergSmilow Cancer Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
Sachin JhawarThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Roman SkorackiThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Robert WesolowskiThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA. Robert.Wesolowski@osumc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0606-0648

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is limited data regarding the added benefit of adjuvant systemic therapy in the management of small, node-negative, HER2+ breast cancer. In a multi-institutional retrospective analysis using the American Society of Clinical Oncology CancerLinQ database, we compared survival outcomes among T1a-c N0 HER2+ patients diagnosed between 2010 to 2021 who received locoregional therapy alone or in combination with adjuvant trastuzumab (+/- chemotherapy). Primary outcomes were invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) and overall survival (OS). Of the 1,184 patients, 436 received locoregional therapy alone. We found a statistically significant improvement in iDFS (HR 0.73, P = 0.003) and OS (HR 0.63, P = 0.023) on univariate analysis with adjuvant trastuzumab with or without chemotherapy which remained statistically significant on multivariate analysis. Three-arm univariate analysis found that iDFS was significantly improved with trastuzumab monotherapy (P = 0.003) and combination therapy (P = 0.027) compared to observation. Subgroup data suggests that T1b/c tumors derive the greatest benefit.

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PMID38898072
PMCPMC11187074

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