TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a novel staging system for disease-specific survival in patients with breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy
AU - Mittendorf, Elizabeth A.
AU - Jeruss, Jacqueline S.
AU - Tucker, Susan L.
AU - Kolli, Aparna
AU - Newman, Lisa A.
AU - Gonzalez-Angulo, Ana M.
AU - Buchholz, Thomas A.
AU - Sahin, Aysegul A.
AU - Cormier, Janice N.
AU - Buzdar, Aman U.
AU - Hortobagyi, Gabriel N.
AU - Hunt, Kelly K.
PY - 2011/5/20
Y1 - 2011/5/20
N2 - Purpose: We previously described a novel breast cancer staging system for assessing prognosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the basis of pretreatment clinical stage (CS), estrogen receptor status (E), grade (G), and post-treatment pathologic stage (PS). This clinical-pathologic stage (CPS) + EG staging system assigned and summed points for each factor, allowing for better determination of breast cancer-specific survival than CS or PS alone. The current study was undertaken to validate this staging system using internal and external cohorts. Methods: We identified an internal cohort of 804 patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy at our institution from 2003 to 2005 and an external cohort of 165 patients treated at another institution. Clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment regimens, and patient outcomes were assessed. Outcomes were stratified by CPS + EG score. Results: Five-year disease-specific survival (DSS) for the internal cohort was 77% (95% CI, 72 to 82) at a median follow-up of 3.4 years (range, 0.3 to 5.9 years). Five-year DSS for the external cohort was 86% (95% CI, 79 to 91) at a median follow-up of 4.7 years (range, 0.5 to 10.5 years). The ability of the CPS + EG score to stratify outcomes was confirmed in both the internal and external cohorts. Application of the CPS + EG staging system facilitated more refined categorization of patients into prognostic subgroups by outcome than presenting CS or final PS as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system. Conclusion: The current study validates the CPS + EG staging system in two independent cohorts. We recommend that biologic markers and response to treatment be incorporated into revised versions of the AJCC staging system for patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
AB - Purpose: We previously described a novel breast cancer staging system for assessing prognosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the basis of pretreatment clinical stage (CS), estrogen receptor status (E), grade (G), and post-treatment pathologic stage (PS). This clinical-pathologic stage (CPS) + EG staging system assigned and summed points for each factor, allowing for better determination of breast cancer-specific survival than CS or PS alone. The current study was undertaken to validate this staging system using internal and external cohorts. Methods: We identified an internal cohort of 804 patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy at our institution from 2003 to 2005 and an external cohort of 165 patients treated at another institution. Clinicopathologic characteristics, treatment regimens, and patient outcomes were assessed. Outcomes were stratified by CPS + EG score. Results: Five-year disease-specific survival (DSS) for the internal cohort was 77% (95% CI, 72 to 82) at a median follow-up of 3.4 years (range, 0.3 to 5.9 years). Five-year DSS for the external cohort was 86% (95% CI, 79 to 91) at a median follow-up of 4.7 years (range, 0.5 to 10.5 years). The ability of the CPS + EG score to stratify outcomes was confirmed in both the internal and external cohorts. Application of the CPS + EG staging system facilitated more refined categorization of patients into prognostic subgroups by outcome than presenting CS or final PS as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system. Conclusion: The current study validates the CPS + EG staging system in two independent cohorts. We recommend that biologic markers and response to treatment be incorporated into revised versions of the AJCC staging system for patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.8469
DO - 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.8469
M3 - Article
C2 - 21482989
AN - SCOPUS:79956290873
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 29
SP - 1956
EP - 1962
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 15
ER -