Thi Huyen Phung, Thanh Tung Pham, Huu Thang Nguyen, Dinh Thach Nguyen, Thanh Long Nguyen, Thi Hoai Hoang
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate clinicopathological features in women with mucinous breast cancer (MBC), distinguishing between pure (PMC) and mixed (MMC) subtype.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of all 358 women with MBC treated at Vietnam National Cancer hospital from June 2015 to December 2020. PMC was defined by ≥ 90% mucinous components.
Results: We identified 358 women with MBC (245 PMC and 113 MMC) representing 2.7% of all 13,254 BC patients. The proportions of stage I, II, III and IV were 34.9%, 50.8%, 10.4% and 3.9% respectively. The rate of HER2 overexpression was 12%, and only 1.4% of patients was treated with anti-HER2. 193 patients (53.9%) had chemotherapy, including 55 patients (15.4%) treated in the neoadjuvant setting. Only 3 patients (5.5%) achieved pCR. PMC patients were older (54.4 ± 13.3 vs 51.1 ± 13.1 years), had lower Ki67 expression, lower incidence of nodal metastasis (N +) (p values < 0.05). At a median follow-up of 58 months, the 5-year overall survival rate of non-metastatic patients was 86.6%. Multivariate analysis showed N + to be the most significant prognostic factor (HR = 3.3; 95%CI 1.5-7.1), followed by T-stage (HR = 2.9; 95%CI 1.4-6.3), HER2 + (HR = 2.5; 95%CI 1.2-5.3) and MMC subtype (HR = 1.9; 95%CI 1.0-3.9).
Conclusion: Poor prognostic factors of MBC include high T-stage, N-positivity, HER2 overexpression and MMC subtype. Given the low response rate to neoadjuvant CT, upfront surgery is appropriate for MBC patients.
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Breast Cancer Research and Treatment provides the surgeon, radiotherapist, medical oncologist, endocrinologist, epidemiologist, immunologist or cell biologist investigating problems in breast cancer a single forum for communication. The journal creates a "market place" for breast cancer topics which cuts across all the usual lines of disciplines, providing a site for presenting pertinent investigations, and for discussing critical questions relevant to the entire field. It seeks to develop a new focus and new perspectives for all those concerned with breast cancer.