- Title
- Annual hazard rates of recurrence for breast cancer during 24 years of follow-up: results from the International Breast Cancer Study Group Trials I to V
- Creator
- Colleoni, Marco; Sun, Zhuoxin; Goldhirsch, Aron; Price, Karen N.; Karlsson, Per; Forbes, John F.; Thürlimann, Beat; Gianni, Lorenzo; Castiglione, Monica; Gelber, Richard D.; Coates, Alan S.
- Relation
- Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 34, Issue 9, p. 927-935
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2015.62.3504
- Publisher
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Purpose: Predicting the pattern of recurrence can aid in the development of targeted surveillance and treatment strategies. We identified patient populations that remain at risk for an event at a median follow-up of 24 years from the diagnosis of operable breast cancer. Patients and Methods: International Breast Cancer Study Group clinical trials I to V randomly assigned 4,105 patients between 1978 and 1985. Annualized hazards were estimated for breast cancer-free interval (primary end point), disease-free survival, and overall survival. Results: For the entire group, the annualized hazard of recurrence was highest during the first 5 years (10.4%), with a peak between years 1 and 2 (15.2%). During the first 5 years, patients with estrogen receptor (ER) - positive disease had a lower annualized hazard compared with those with ER-negative disease (9.9% v 11.5%; P = .01). However, beyond 5 years, patients with ER-positive disease had higher hazards (5 to 10 years: 5.4% v 3.3%; 10 to 15 years: 2.9% v 1.3%; 15 to 20 years: 2.8% v 1.2%; and 20 to 25 years: 1.3% v 1.4%; P < .001). Among patients with ER-positive disease, annualized hazards of recurrence remained elevated and fairly stable beyond 10 years, even for those with no axillary involvement (2.0%, 2.1%, and 1.1% for years 10 to 15, 15 to 20, and 20 to 25, respectively) and for those with one to three positive nodes (3.0%, 3.5%, and 1.5%, respectively). Conclusion: Patients with ER-positive breast cancer maintain a significant recurrence rate during extended follow up. Strategies for follow up and treatments to prevent recurrences may be most efficiently applied and studied in patients with ER-positive disease followed for a long period of time.
- Subject
- chemotherapy; breast neoplasms; survival rate; young adults; breast cancer
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1321662
- Identifier
- uon:24426
- Identifier
- ISSN:0732-183X
- Language
- eng
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