Low Rates of Local-Regional Recurrence Among Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients After Contemporary Trimodal Therapy

Taiwo Adesoye, Shlermine Everidge, Jennifer Chen, Susie X. Sun, Mediget Teshome, Vicente Valero, Wendy A. Woodward, Anthony Lucci

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Abstract

Background: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) represents a rare (2–3 %) but aggressive subset of breast cancer with a historically reported 5-year overall survival rate of 50 % and a 3-year local-regional recurrence (LRR) rate of 20 %. This study aimed to evaluate long-term LRR in a contemporary cohort of non-metastatic IBC patients undergoing trimodal therapy at a single institution and identify factors associated with local and distant failure. Methods: The study identified 262 patients with non-metastatic IBC who received trimodal therapy (neoadjuvant chemotherapy, modified radical mastectomy, adjuvant radiation) from an institutional prospective database (2007–2019). Long-term outcomes of local-regional and distant metastasis were reported. Survival outcomes were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results: The median age at diagnosis was 52 years, and the median follow-up period was 5.1 years. In this cohort, 82 (31.3 %) patients achieved a pathologic complete response (pCR) in the breast and axilla. Local-regional recurrence was observed in 18 (6.9 %) patients (11 isolated to the chest wall, 4 isolated to regional nodes, and 3 involving chest wall and ipsilateral axillary nodes). Distant metastasis was observed in 92 (35.1 %) patients. During the follow-up period, 90 deaths occurred. In the multivariate analysis, pCR was associated with improved disease-free survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.26; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.13–0.51; p = 0.001) and overall survival (HR, 0.31; 95 % CI, 0.15–0.65; p = 002). Conclusions: During a median follow-up period longer than 5 years, the local-regional relapse rate for the IBC patients treated with contemporary trimodal therapy was 6.9%, similar to that for the non-IBC patients. After chemotherapy, surgical resection with modified radical mastectomy to negative margins and postmastectomy radiation therapy resulted in excellent long-term local-regional control.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6232-6240
Number of pages9
JournalAnnals of surgical oncology
Volume30
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Oncology

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