Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40121273›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2025

Development and validation of a postoperative prognostic model for hormone receptor positive early stage breast cancer recurrence.

Ruixin Pan, Haoting Shi, Yiqing Shen, Xue Wang, Shi Zhao, Nan Zhang, Xueyan Zhang, Shuwen Dong, Chao Hu, Jiayi Wu and 3 more

Abstract readValidation Study
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Ruixin Pan *Department of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China.
Haoting Shi *Department of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China.
Yiqing Shen *Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Xue WangDepartment of Pathology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shi ZhaoSchool of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Nan ZhangSchool of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Xueyan ZhangChangchun Institute of Biological Products, Changchun, China.
Shuwen DongDepartment of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China.
Chao HuDepartment of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China.
Jiayi WuDepartment of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China.
Weimin ChaiDepartment of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiaosong ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China. chenxiaosong0156@hotmail.com.
Kunwei ShenDepartment of General Surgery, Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 20025, China. kwshen@medmail.com.cn.

Funding

Innovative Research Team of High-level Local University in Shanghai SHSMU-ZDCX20212200Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality 23ZR1439500Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality 22YF1426500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predicting recurrence among early-stage hormone receptor-positive human epidermal growth factor receptor-negative breast cancer (HR+/HER2- BC) is crucial for guiding adjuvant therapy. However, studies are limited for patients with low recurrence risk. HR+/HER2- early-stage (T1-2N0-1) invasive BC patients who received definitive surgery and followed by endocrine therapy from four independent medical centers were included in this retrospective study. Patients from center 1 were used as derivation cohort, while those from other centers were combined as an external test cohort. A deep learning prognostic model, HERPAI, was developed based on Transformer to predict risk of invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) utilizing clinical and pathological predictors. The model performance was evaluated using C-index for the overall population and subgroups. Threshold for selecting 5-year recurrence risk > 10% was determined. Hazard ratio (HR) was estimated between risk groups for iDFS. A total of 6340 patients were included, of whom 5424 were assigned to the derivation cohort (training and validation [N = 4882] and internal test cohort [N = 542]), while 916 patients were utilized as external cohort. HERPAI yielded a C-index of 0.73 (95% CI 0.65-0.81), 0.73 (95% CI 0.62-0.85), and 0.68 (95% CI 0.60-0.77), in the validation, internal, and external test cohort, respectively. Consistent performances were observed for pre-specified subgroups. High-risk patients were associated with an increased risk of recurrence for validation (HR, 2.56 [95% CI 1.25-5.22], P = 0.01), internal test (HR, 2.52 [95% CI 0.97-6.57], P = 0.06) and external test (HR, 1.94 [95% CI 1.00-3.74], P = 0.049) cohort, respectively. HERPAI was a promising tool for selecting vulnerable early-stage HR+/HER2- BC patients who were at high-risk of recurrence. It could facilitate the prioritization of patients who may benefit more from escalating adjuvant treatment.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneAdultAgedDisease-Free SurvivalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRetrospective StudiesERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneArtificial intelligenceBreast cancerEndocrine therapyHormone receptor-positivePrognostic model

Identifiers

PMID40121273
PMCPMC11929926

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.