Gozde Kavgaci, Taha Koray Sahin, Tugcenur Muderrisoglu, Serez Ileri, Deniz Can Guven, Sercan Aksoy
{"title":"Post-operative serum CEA predicts prognosis in HR-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer.","authors":"Gozde Kavgaci, Taha Koray Sahin, Tugcenur Muderrisoglu, Serez Ileri, Deniz Can Guven, Sercan Aksoy","doi":"10.1080/14737140.2024.2443009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prognostic role of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in breast cancer is recognized, but the impact of postoperative CEA levels on survival in early breast cancer is uncertain.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective study of 921 non-metastatic breast cancer patients treated at anonymized. Patients were categorized as normal (CEA ≤3 µg/L) or elevated (CEA >3 µg/L).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Elevated postoperative CEA levels were associated with shorter disease-free survival (DFS) (median, 174.6 vs. 239.8 months; hazard ratio (HR): 1.80; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.27-2.56; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (median, 174.6 vs. 261.1 months; HR:2.34; 95% CI: 1.59-3.45; <i>p</i> < 0.001). Elevated CEA was associated with shorter DFS (median, 174.6 months vs. not reached (NR); HR:2.30; 95% CI: 1.03-5.19; <i>p</i> = 0.043) and OS (NR vs. NR; HR: 2.81; 95% CI: 1.06-7.48; <i>p</i> = 0.039) in stage 1, shorter DFS (median, 239. 8 vs. 141.1 months; HR: 1.95; 95% CI: 1.28-2.98; <i>p</i> = 0.002) and OS (median, 169 vs. 261.1 months; HR: 2.56; 95% CI: 1.6-4.12; <i>p</i> < 0.001) in stage 2 and shorter OS (median, 65 vs. 183.1 months; HR: 3.25; 95% CI: 1.19-8.83; <i>p</i> = 0.021) in stage 3.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Elevated postoperative CEA indicates worse DFS and OS in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":12099,"journal":{"name":"Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"1319-1326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2024.2443009","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/19 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background: The prognostic role of preoperative carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in breast cancer is recognized, but the impact of postoperative CEA levels on survival in early breast cancer is uncertain.
Research design and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 921 non-metastatic breast cancer patients treated at anonymized. Patients were categorized as normal (CEA ≤3 µg/L) or elevated (CEA >3 µg/L).
Results: Elevated postoperative CEA levels were associated with shorter disease-free survival (DFS) (median, 174.6 vs. 239.8 months; hazard ratio (HR): 1.80; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.27-2.56; p < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (median, 174.6 vs. 261.1 months; HR:2.34; 95% CI: 1.59-3.45; p < 0.001). Elevated CEA was associated with shorter DFS (median, 174.6 months vs. not reached (NR); HR:2.30; 95% CI: 1.03-5.19; p = 0.043) and OS (NR vs. NR; HR: 2.81; 95% CI: 1.06-7.48; p = 0.039) in stage 1, shorter DFS (median, 239. 8 vs. 141.1 months; HR: 1.95; 95% CI: 1.28-2.98; p = 0.002) and OS (median, 169 vs. 261.1 months; HR: 2.56; 95% CI: 1.6-4.12; p < 0.001) in stage 2 and shorter OS (median, 65 vs. 183.1 months; HR: 3.25; 95% CI: 1.19-8.83; p = 0.021) in stage 3.
Conclusions: Elevated postoperative CEA indicates worse DFS and OS in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer.
期刊介绍:
Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy (ISSN 1473-7140) provides expert appraisal and commentary on the major trends in cancer care and highlights the performance of new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.
Coverage includes tumor management, novel medicines, anticancer agents and chemotherapy, biological therapy, cancer vaccines, therapeutic indications, biomarkers and diagnostics, and treatment guidelines. All articles are subject to rigorous peer-review, and the journal makes an essential contribution to decision-making in cancer care.
Comprehensive coverage in each review is complemented by the unique Expert Review format and includes the following sections:
Expert Opinion - a personal view of the data presented in the article, a discussion on the developments that are likely to be important in the future, and the avenues of research likely to become exciting as further studies yield more detailed results
Article Highlights – an executive summary of the author’s most critical points.