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    In: The Oncologist, Oxford University Press (OUP), ( 2023-09-12)
    Abstract: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) has disrupted health services worldwide. The evidence on the impact of the pandemic on cancer care provision, however, is conflicting. We aimed to audit the management of patients diagnosed with early breast cancer (EBC) during the pandemic in a large, tertiary-level cancer center in Italy. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study to track the route to first treatment for patients diagnosed with EBC during 2019, 2020, and 2021. We abstracted data for all consecutive patients referred to the Veneto Institute of Oncology (Padua, Italy). We defined as point of contact (POC) the date of the first consultation with a breast cancer specialist of the breast unit. First treatment was defined as either upfront surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). Results We reviewed medical records for 878 patients for whom an MDT report during 2019-2021 (April through June) was available. Of these, 431 (49%) were eligible. The proportion of screen-detected tumors was larger in 2019 and 2021 than in 2020 (59%). Conversely, the proportion of screen-detected tumors was offset by the proportion of palpable tumors in 2020 (P = .004). Distribution of tumor and nodal stage was unchanged over time, but in situ tumors were slightly fewer in 2020 than in 2019 or 2021. The adjusted odds ratio for treatment delay (45 days or more) was 0.87 for 2020 versus 2019 (95% CI, 0.5-1.53) and 0.9 for 2021 versus 2019 (95% CI, 0.52-1.55). Conclusions There was no evidence for major changes in the management of patients with EBC during 2019-2021 and no treatment delays were observed. Our findings suggest that more women presented with palpable nodules at diagnosis, but the stage distribution did not change over time. Validation on a larger cohort of patients is warranted to robustly assess the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on treatment practices for patients with EBC.
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    ISSN: 1083-7159 , 1549-490X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 83, No. 5_Supplement ( 2023-03-01), p. P3-03-01-P3-03-01
    Abstract: The impact of the COVID19 pandemic on treatment practices for patients diagnosed with early breast cancer: a cross-sectional study from a large comprehensive cancer centre in Italy. Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) has disrupted health services worldwide. The evidence on the impact of the pandemic on cancer care provision, however, is conflicting. Some reports found that management for patients diagnosed with early breast cancer (EBC) during the pandemic did not differ from pre-pandemic practices; other reports suggested that delays in breast cancer surgery may have occurred. We aimed to audit the management of patients diagnosed with EBC during the pandemic in a large, tertiary-level cancer centre in Italy. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study to track the route to first treatment for patients diagnosed with EBC during 2019, 2020, and 2021. We abstracted data for all consecutive patients referred to the Veneto Institute of Oncology (Padua, Italy). We defined as point of contact (POC) the date of the first consultation with a breast cancer specialist of the breast unit. We considered patients with a first POC in the 6 months preceding the multidisciplinary (MDT) meeting and initiating a treatment within 6 months from the POC. We chose the 3-month period April-June because in 2020 it was when health services were first acutely disrupted. We analysed the same period for 2019 and 2021. First treatment was defined as either upfront surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). The time to first treatment was defined as the interval between the first POC and the first treatment. We used the median time to first treatment in 2019 to define the threshold for treatment delay. Results: We reviewed medical records for 878 patients for whom an MDT report during 2019-2021 (April through June) was available. Of these, 431 (49%) were eligible: 144 in 2019, 127 in 2020 and 150 in 2021. Median age at first POC was 61 years. The proportion of screen-detected tumours was larger in 2019 and 2021 than in 2020 (59%). Conversely, the proportion of screen-detected tumours was offset by the proportion of palpable tumours in 2020 (44% versus 56%). These differences were statistically significant (chi-square test 11.12, p=0.004). Distribution of tumour and nodal stage was unchanged over time, but in-situ tumours were slightly fewer in 2020 than in 2019 or 2021. The odds ratio for treatment delay (45 days or more) was 0.87 for 2020 versus 2019 (95% CI, 0.5-1.53) and 0.9 for 2021 versus 2019 (95% CI, 0.52-1.55), after adjusting for type of POC, presentation with symptoms, treatment type, tumour stage, nodal stage, and EBC subtype (i.e., luminal, HER2-positive, triple-negative). Conclusions: There was no evidence for major changes in the management of EBC patients during 2019-2021 and no treatment delays were observed. However, our results show a slight decrease in the absolute number of patients being treated in 2020, offset by an increase in 2021 to levels comparable to 2019. Our findings suggest that disruption of breast cancer screening programmes may have impacted on the characteristics of the patient population, with a larger proportion of women presenting with palpable nodules. Validation on a larger, population-based cohort of patients is warranted to robustly assess the impact of the COVID19 pandemic on treatment practices and outcome for EBC patients. Characteristics of the population Citation Format: Fabio Girardi, Sabrina Marini, Francesca Porra, Ilaria Mietto, Sonia Carpentieri, Alberto Marchet, Tania Saibene, Marcello Lo Mele, Tommaso Giarratano, Carlo Alberto Giorgi, Eleonora Mioranza, Cristina Falci, Giovanni Faggioni, Francesca Caumo, Gaia Griguolo, Maria Vittoria Dieci, Valentina Guarneri. The impact of the COVID19 pandemic on treatment practices for patients diagnosed with early breast cancer: a cross-sectional study from a large comprehensive cancer centre in Italy. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-03-01.
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    ISSN: 1538-7445
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Clinical Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 29, No. 17 ( 2023-09-01), p. 3429-3437
    Abstract: We aim to evaluate the prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte on residual disease (RD-TIL) in HER2+ patients with breast cancer who failed to achieve pathologic complete response (pCR) after anti-HER2+ chemotherapy (CT)-based neoadjuvant treatment (NAT). We assessed the feasibility of combining the prognostic information provided by residual cancer burden (RCB) and RD-TILs into a composite score (RCB+TIL). Experimental Design: HER2+ patients with breast cancer treated with CT+anti-HER2-based NAT at three institutions were retrospectively included. RCB and TIL levels were evaluated on hematoxylin and eosin–stained slides from surgical samples according to available recommendations. Overall survival (OS) was used as an outcome measure. Results: A total of 295 patients were included, of whom 195 had RD. RCB was significantly associated with OS. Higher RD-TILs were significantly associated with poorer OS as compared with lower RD-TILs (15% cutoff). In multivariate analysis, both RCB and RD-TIL maintained their independent prognostic value. A combined score, RCB+TIL, was calculated from the estimated coefficient of RD-TILs and the RCB index in a bivariate logistic model for OS. The RCB+TIL score was significantly associated with OS. The C-index for OS of the RCB+TIL score was numerically higher than that of RCB and significantly higher than that of RD-TILs. Conclusions: We have reported an independent prognostic impact of RD-TILs after anti-HER2+CT NAT, which might underlie an imbalance of the RD microenvironment towards immunosuppressive features. We provided a new composite prognostic score based on RCB+TIL, which was significantly associated with OS and proved to be more informative than the isolated evaluation of RCB and RD-TILs.
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    ISSN: 1078-0432 , 1557-3265
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    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 83, No. 5_Supplement ( 2023-03-01), p. P2-11-12-P2-11-12
    Abstract: Background: All intrinsic molecular subtypes are represented among HER2-positive breast cancer, with implications on clinical outcome and treatment sensitivity. The impact of molecular subtypes on the pattern and site of relapse is largely unexplored. Methods: 677 patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer from the Shorther trial (n=437), the CherLOB trial (n=84) and two Institutional cohorts (Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS Padova n=39 and Hospital Clinic Barcelona n=117) were included. Only patients with available PAM50 intrinsic molecular subtyping were considered. We analyzed the incidence of distant relapse (at any site and at specific sites) as the first event. Cumulative incidence was estimated according to competing risk analysis (Fine and Gray’s method). Competing risk regression was used to calculate the subdistribution Hazard Ratios (subHR) and their 95% Confidence Interval (CI). Results: The distribution of molecular subtypes was: 130 LumA (19%), 75 LumB (11%), 347 HER2-e (51%), 46 Basal (7%), 79 Normal (12%). Median follow up was 8.4 years (95%CI 8.2-8.6). The 10-yr cumulative incidence rates of distant relapse as first event were: LumA 7.9%, LumB 14.8%, HER2-e 14.7%, Basal 15.5%, Normal 10.4% (HER2-e vs LumA: SubHR 2.21, 95%CI 1.05-4.64, p=0.037). Table 1 shows the 5-yr and 10-yr cumulative incidence rates of distant metastases at specific sites (as first event) according to intrinsic subtype. HER2-e enriched and Basal tumors were more prone as compared to other subtypes to develop brain and lung metastasis as first event, respectively. Isolated brain metastases without extracranial disease occurred only in patients with HER2-e tumors. All brain metastases as first event occurred within 5 years from diagnosis. Bone-only disease as first event was less frequent in HER2-e and Basal subtype (subHR HER2-e vs LumA: 0.32, 95%CI 0.10-10.4. p=0.058). Next, we analyzed the frequency of site-specific first metastasis among patients who experienced a distant metastasis as first event (n=77). Lung metastases were more frequent in Basal tumors (LumA 25.0%, LumB 20.0%, HER2-e 24.4%, Basal 71.4%, Normal 0.0%, p=0.037) and bone metastases were more frequent in Luminal tumors (LumA 100.0%, LumB 60.0%, HER2-e 31.1%, Basal 42.9%, Normal 57.1%, p=0.006). Among 45 HER2-e patients with a first distant relapse, 25.6% were diagnosed with a brain metastasis and 15.6% had brain-only disease. Conclusions: Molecular subtypes influence the metastatic behaviour of clinically HER2-positive breast cancer. These results, if further validated, may have implication in planning personalized monitoring strategies. Table 1. 5-yr and 10-yr cumulative incidence rates of distant metastasis at specific sites (as first event) according to intrinsic subtype. Citation Format: Maria Vittoria Dieci, Giancarlo Bisagni, Stefania Bartolini, Antonio Frassoldati, Daniele Giulio Generali, Federico Piacentini, Gaia Griguolo, Enrico Tagliafico, Fara Brasó-Maristany, Nuria Chic, Francesca Porra, Roberto Vicini, Roberto D’Amico, Sara Balduzzi, Aleix Prat, PierFranco Conte, Valentina Guarneri. Pattern of distant relapse according to intrinsic molecular subtype in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer: a combined analysis of ShortHER, CherLOB, and two institutional cohorts. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2022 Dec 6-10; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2023;83(5 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-11-12.
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    ISSN: 1538-7445
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    In: npj Breast Cancer, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 8, No. 1 ( 2022-05-20)
    Abstract: Approximately a half of breast tumors classified as HER2-negative exhibit HER2-low-positive expression. We recently described a high instability of HER2-low-positive expression from primary breast cancer (BC) to relapse. Previous studies reporting discordance in HER2 status between baseline biopsy and residual disease (RD) in patients undergoing neoadjuvant treatment did not include the HER2-low-positive category. The aim of this study is to track the evolution of HER2-low-positive expression from primary BC to RD after neoadjuvant treatment. Patients undergoing neoadjuvant treatment with available baseline tumor tissue and matched samples of RD (in case of no pCR) were included. HER2-negative cases were sub-classified as HER2-0 or HER2-low-positive (IHC 1+ or 2+ and ISH negative). Four-hundred forty-six patients were included. Primary BC phenotype was: HR-positive/HER2-negative 23.5%, triple-negative (TN) 35%, HER2-positive 41.5%. HER2-low-positive cases were 55.6% of the HER2-negative cohort and were significantly enriched in the HR-positive/HER2-negative vs. TN subgroup (68.6% vs. 46.8%, p  = 0.001 χ 2 test). In all, 35.3% of non-pCR patients ( n  = 291) had a HER2-low-positive expression on RD. The overall rate of HER2 expression discordance was 26.4%, mostly driven by HER2-negative cases converting either from (14.8%) or to (8.9%) HER2-low-positive phenotype. Among HR-positive/HER2-negative patients with HER2-low-positive expression on RD, 32.0% and 57.1% had an estimated high risk of relapse according to the residual proliferative cancer burden and CPS-EG score, respectively. In conclusion, HER2-low-positive expression showed high instability from primary BC to RD after neoadjuvant treatment. HER2-low-positive expression on RD may guide personalized adjuvant treatment for high-risk patients in the context of clinical trials with novel anti-HER2 antibody-drug conjugates.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2374-4677
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Elsevier BV, Vol. 150 ( 2018-02), p. 121-131
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0731-7085
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2018
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