Clinical predictors of pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.

Abstract:

:The response of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) to chemotherapy is heterogeneous; particular subtype classifications based on mRNA gene expression analysis have been demonstrated to be associated with a pathological complete response (pCR). The aim of the present study was to investigate additional clinical and pathological characteristics associated with pCR status. The pathological and clinical characteristics of 40 TNBC patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery were retrospectively analyzed by dividing the cases into two groups according to the response to treatment: pCR (n=12) and non-pCR (n=28). Clinically, patients in the pCR group presented tumors with a significantly less advanced Tumor-Node-Metastasis stage (P=0.030) and mammographic calcification was less common (17 vs. 58%; P=0.034). Pathologically, whereas all cases in the pCR group (12/12, 100%) were of the histological type 'invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified' (IDC-NOS), the non-pCR group consisted of a lower proportion of IDC-NOS cases (20/28, 71%) and more cases of special histological types, including mucinous, metaplastic, medullary and apocrine carcinomas (P=0.079). The positive rates of androgen receptor (AR) and forkhead-box A1 (FOXA1) tended to be lower in the pCR group (AR, 0 vs. 29%, P=0.079; FOXA1, 8 vs. 29%, P=0.233). The Ki-67 score was significantly higher in the pCR group than in the non-pCR group (P=0.041). The results suggest that patients with TNBC who present with clinically less advanced tumors and less frequent mammographic calcification are more likely to respond to chemotherapy. From a pathological standpoint, IDC-NOS type, negative AR status and higher Ki-67 scores may be associated with chemotherapy sensitivity.

journal_name

Oncol Lett

journal_title

Oncology letters

authors

Nakashoji A,Matsui A,Nagayama A,Iwata Y,Sasahara M,Murata Y

doi

10.3892/ol.2017.6692

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-10-01 00:00:00

pages

4135-4141

issue

4

eissn

1792-1074

issn

1792-1082

pii

OL-0-0-6692

journal_volume

14

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Metachronous multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors and adenocarcinoma of the colon: A case report.

    abstract::Synchronous or metachronous occurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and other primary gastrointestinal neoplasms has previously been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are few studies regarding metachronous multiple GISTs and adenocarcinoma of the colon. The current case of an 80-year...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2014.2266

    authors: Wang YP,Li Y,Song C

    更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00

  • Overexpression of MACC1 and the association with hepatocyte growth factor/c-Met in epithelial ovarian cancer.

    abstract::Metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) is a gene that has been newly identified by a genome-wide search for differentially expressed genes in human colon cancer tissues, metastases and normal tissues. MACC1 exerts an important role in colon cancer metastasis through upregulation of the c-Met proto-oncogene. T...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2015.2984

    authors: Li H,Zhang H,Zhao S,Shi Y,Yao J,Zhang Y,Guo H,Liu X

    更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00

  • Effects of the overexpression of IFITM5 and IFITM5 c.-14C>T mutation on human osteosarcoma cells.

    abstract::The present study aimed to investigate the effects of overexpression of interferon-induced transmembrane protein 5 (IFITM5) and IFITM5 c.-14C>T mutation on osteogenic differentiation, and the proliferation, migration and invasion of SaOS2 cells. SaOS2 cells were transfected with plasmids containing wild type IFITM5 (W...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2016.5426

    authors: Liu BY,Lu YQ,Han F,Wang Y,Mo XK,Han JX

    更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00

  • Reactive nodular fibrous pseudotumor involving the gastrointestinal tract and mesentery: A case report and review of the literature.

    abstract::Reactive nodular fibrous pseudotumor (RNFP) is a tumor-like lesion that is characterized by reactive fibroblast/myofibroblast proliferation within collagenic hyalinized stroma, due to its association with injury or inflammation. The current study describes the case of a 60-year-old female with a history of abdominal s...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2015.2882

    authors: Yan F,Ma Y,Sun J,Zhu P

    更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00

  • Overexpression of long noncoding RNA PEG10 promotes proliferation, invasion and metastasis of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

    abstract::The present study aimed to investigate the impact of overexpression of long noncoding RNA PEG10 (lncRNA PEG10) on the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (HSCC). Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to quantify lncRNA PEG10 expression levels...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2017.6498

    authors: Zhao M,Sun D,Li X,Xu Y,Zhang H,Qin Y,Xia M

    更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00

  • Significance and prognosis of epithelial-cadherin expression in invasive breast carcinoma.

    abstract::The objective of the present study was to investigate and analyze the epithelial-cadherin (E-cadherin) expression in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast, and to analyze the associations between the expression and clinicopathological characteristics of lymph node metastasis and the prognosis of breast cancer. The i...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.8836

    authors: Yang L,Wang XW,Zhu LP,Wang HL,Wang B,Zhao Q,Wang XY

    更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00

  • Association of chemokine and chemokine receptor expression with the invasion and metastasis of lung carcinoma.

    abstract::The chemokine system has been reported to be utilized and manipulated by tumor cells in order to promote local tumor growth and distant dissemination. The present study aimed to investigate the expression of three chemokine ligand-receptor axes in lung carcinoma tissues. Tumor and healthy normal tissue samples were ob...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2015.3402

    authors: Liu Y,Wu BQ,Geng H,Xu ML,Zhong HH

    更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00

  • Prognostic genes of breast cancer revealed by gene co-expression network analysis.

    abstract::The aim of the present study was to identify genes that may serve as markers for breast cancer prognosis by constructing a gene co-expression network and mining modules associated with survival. Two gene expression datasets of breast cancer were downloaded from ArrayExpress and genes from these datasets with a coeffic...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2017.6779

    authors: Shi H,Zhang L,Qu Y,Hou L,Wang L,Zheng M

    更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00

  • Anti-Condyloma acuminata mechanism of microRNAs-375 modulates HPV in cervical cancer cells via the UBE3A and IGF-1R pathway.

    abstract::The present study aimed to identify the probable anti-Condyloma acuminata (CA) mechanism of microRNA-375 (miRNA-375) in human papillomavirus (HPV). Firstly, the overexpression of miRNA-375 significantly suppressed cell proliferation, increased lactate dehydrogenase activity and induced apoptosis in HPV-18(+) cervical ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.8983

    authors: Wu S,Chen H

    更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00

  • Outcomes following liver resection for multinodular Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer-B hepatocellular carcinoma.

    abstract::Management of multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the intermediate Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC)-B stage is controversial. The aim of the present study as to identify the subgroup of patients with BCLC-B HCC who could benefit from liver resection. The present study retrospectively analyzed the outcom...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.9420

    authors: Matsukuma S,Sakamoto K,Tokuhisa Y,Tokumitsu Y,Matsui H,Kanekiyo S,Tomochika S,Iida M,Suzuki N,Takeda S,Ueno T,Wada H,Kobayashi S,Saeki I,Eguchi H,Sakon M,Sakaida I,Nagano H

    更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00

  • Pristimerin induces apoptosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells via G1 phase arrest and MAPK/Erk1/2 and Akt signaling inhibition.

    abstract::Pristimerin is an active compound isolated from the traditional Chinese herbs Celastraceae and Hippocrateaceae. It has been reported to exert antitumor effects under experimental and clinical conditions; however, the antitumor effects and underlying mechanisms of pristimerin in oral cancer cells have not yet been iden...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2019.9903

    authors: Wu H,Li L,Ai Z,Yin J,Chen L

    更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00

  • Induction of apoptosis by FFJ-5, a novel naphthoquinone compound, occurs via downregulation of PKM2 in A549 and HepG2 cells.

    abstract::Pyruvate kinase isoenzyme M2 (PKM2) has previously been identified as a tumor biomarker and as a potential target for cancer therapy. In this study, F§FJ-5, a characterized naphthoquinone modifier of mollugin, was synthesized in order to investigate its anticancer activity and the potential mechanisms. It was observed...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2016.5522

    authors: Wei X,Li M,Ma M,Jia H,Zhang Y,Kang W,Wang T,Shi X

    更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00

  • Notch-regulated ankyrin-repeat protein is a novel tissue biomarker that predicts poor prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer.

    abstract::Notch-regulated ankyrin-repeat protein (NRARP) has recently been reported to be involved in a number of malignant cancers; however, its role in non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. The present study aimed to identify whether NRARP could be applied as a novel prognostic marker for NSCLC. A total of 108 NSCLC ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.8826

    authors: Liao Y,Chen J,Ma J,Mao Q,Wei R,Zheng J

    更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00

  • Expression of KIAA1456 in lung cancer tissue and its effects on proliferation, migration and invasion of lung cancer cells.

    abstract::The expression of human transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) methyltransferase 9-like (KIAA1456) protein in lung cancer tissue and its effects on certain genes involved in the proliferation, migration and invasion of lung cancer cells were investigated. Immunohistochemistry was applied to stain lung cancer tissue and adja...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.9119

    authors: Wang S,Liu X,Huang J,Zhang Y,Sang C,Li T,Yuan J

    更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00

  • Remodeling of energy metabolism by a ketone body and medium-chain fatty acid suppressed the proliferation of CT26 mouse colon cancer cells.

    abstract::Normal and cancerous cells are suggested to have differential utilization of fatty acids and ketone bodies, which could be exploited in cancer therapy. The present study examined the effect of 3-hydroxybutyric acid (3-HBA), which is a ketone body generating acetyl-CoA, and lauric acid (LAA, C12:0), which is a medium-c...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2017.6195

    authors: Kadochi Y,Mori S,Fujiwara-Tani R,Luo Y,Nishiguchi Y,Kishi S,Fujii K,Ohmori H,Kuniyasu H

    更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00

  • Characteristics of doxorubicin-selected multidrug-resistant human leukemia HL-60 cells with tolerance to arsenic trioxide and contribution of leukemia stem cells.

    abstract::The present study selected and characterized a multidrug-resistant HL-60 human acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line, HL-60/RS, by exposure to stepwise incremental doses of doxorubicin. The drug-resistant HL-60/RS cells exhibited 85.68-fold resistance to doxorubicin and were cross-resistant to other chemotherapeutics...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2017.7353

    authors: Chen J,Wei H,Cheng J,Xie B,Wang B,Yi J,Tian B,Liu Z,Wang F,Zhang Z

    更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00

  • Interstitial fibrosis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma and its association with biological behavior.

    abstract::Previous studies have revealed that fibrosis may affect the biological behavior of tumors, however associated research on papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is rare. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between interstitial fibrosis (IF) and the biological behavior of PTMC. In the present s...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.7928

    authors: Liu X,Zhang S,Gang Q,Shen S,Zhang J,Lun Y,Xu D,Duan Z,Xin S

    更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00

  • Prognosis and treatment differences between initial and second primary chondrosarcoma.

    abstract::Prognosis and treatment differences between initial and second primary chondrosarcoma (pCS) remain unknown. In the present study, patients with chondrosarcoma diagnosed between January 2004 and December 2015 were identified using the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2019.10329

    authors: Mao W,Kong M,Yu H,Wang D,Huang X,Yao X,Fan J,Geng J

    更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00

  • A comprehensive gene mutation analysis of liquid biopsy samples from patients with metastatic colorectal cancer to the ovary: A case report.

    abstract::Liquid biopsies of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can detect molecular alterations, including tumor-specific mutations, and have recently been used as a non-invasive diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive tool. However, this technique is not commonly used in the gynecological field. Gene mutation profiling of liquid bi...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.9467

    authors: Iwahashi N,Sakai K,Noguchi T,Yahata T,Toujima S,Nishio K,Ino K

    更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00

  • Platelet 12-lipoxygenase and stem cells in Barrett's esophagus.

    abstract::Esophageal adenocarcinoma has shown a significant increase in incidence in recent years. It is thought that the development of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), followed by columnar-lined esophagus and the development of dysplasia, leads to invasive adenocarcinoma. The exact pathogenesis of this process, the dia...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol_00000137

    authors: Jaœkiewicz K,Iżycka-Œwieszewska E,Janiak M,Lysiak-Szydłowska W,Adrych K,Reinartz J,Jankun J,Skrzypczak-Jankun E

    更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00

  • Screening of potential therapy targets for prostate cancer using integrated analysis of two gene expression profiles.

    abstract::The aim of the present study was to analyze potential therapy targets for prostate cancer using integrated analysis of two gene expression profiles. First, gene expression profiles GSE38241 and GSE3933 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between prostate can...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2017.6879

    authors: Zhao R,Wang Y,Zhang M,Gu X,Wang W,Tan J,Wei X,Jin N

    更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00

  • MicroRNA-205 increases the sensitivity of docetaxel in breast cancer.

    abstract::Chemotherapy has been widely used in breast cancer therapy, but the efficacy of chemotherapy is intimately associated with the sensitivity of therapeutic drugs to breast cancer. Docetaxel is a first-line chemotherapeutic drug in breast cancer treatment, but further improvement to its efficacy has thus far proved diffi...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2015.4030

    authors: Cai Y,Yan X,Zhang G,Zhao W,Jiao S

    更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00

  • Treatment of advanced solid tumours with NSAIDs: Correlation of quantitative monitoring of circulating tumour cells and positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging.

    abstract::The detection and characterisation of tumour-derived circulating epithelial tumor cells (CETCs) or circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been a main focus of basic oncological research over previous years. Numerous studies in the past decade have shown that CTCs are a promising tool for the estimation of the risk for me...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2016.4878

    authors: Willecke-Hochmuth R,Pachmann K,Drevs J

    更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00

  • Rapamycin inhibits proliferation and apoptosis of retinoblastoma cells through PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

    abstract::Effects of Rapamycin on the proliferation and apoptosis of retinoblastoma cells through the phosphatidylinositol 3-hydroxy kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway were studied. The retinoblastoma Y79 cells were selected and divided into negative control group (NC group), 0.2 µM Rapamycin group and 0.4 µ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2020.11363

    authors: Yao J,Xu M,Liu Z

    更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00

  • Crizotinib induces apoptosis of lung cancer cells through JAK-STAT pathway.

    abstract::Effect of crizotinib on apoptosis of lung cancer cells was investigated. Human non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma H2228 cells were cultured in the presence of 0, 20, 40, 80, 160 and 320 nmol/l of crizotinib for 3 days, respectively. The inhibition rate of cell proliferation was measured by MTT assay, and half maximal ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.9387

    authors: Lu H,Wu S,Chen H,Huang Y,Qiu G,Liu L,Li Y

    更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00

  • miR-16 targets SALL4 to repress the proliferation and migration of gastric cancer.

    abstract::There is increasing evidence that microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in tumor progression and development by targeting different genes, including gastric cancer (GC). However, the role of miR-16 in GC is so far unclear. Herein, we examined the function and potential mechanism of miR-16 in GC. Reverse transcriptio...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.8997

    authors: Jiang X,Wang Z

    更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00

  • A new perspective of vasculogenic mimicry: EMT and cancer stem cells (Review).

    abstract::Vasculogenic mimicry (VM), a new pattern of tumor microcirculation, is important for the growth and progression of tumors. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is pivotal in malignant tumor progression and VM formation. With increasing knowledge of cancer stem cell (CSC) phenotypes and functions, increasing evidenc...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2013.1555

    authors: Fan YL,Zheng M,Tang YL,Liang XH

    更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00

  • Photodynamic therapy reduces the inhibitory effect of osteosarcoma cells on dendritic cells by upregulating HSP70.

    abstract::Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor and predominantly affects children and adolescents. The prognosis for patients with osteosarcoma is poor. Therefore, the development of novel treatments for osteosarcoma is required. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a disease site-specific treatment that utilizes a photo...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.9322

    authors: Zhang F,Zhu Y,Fan G,Hu S

    更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00

  • Utilization of lung cancer cell lines for the study of lung cancer stem cells.

    abstract::Lung cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer, and its poor prognosis is primarily due to drug resistance and cancer recurrence. As it is associated with a low five-year survival rate, lung cancer stem cells (LCSCs) have been the subject of numerous recent studies. For these studies of LCSCs, lung cancer cell ...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3892/ol.2018.8265

    authors: Wang Y,Jiang M,Du C,Yu Y,Liu Y,Li M,Luo F

    更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00

  • High expression of ZEB1 correlates with liver metastasis and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer.

    abstract::Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) has been shown to promote invasion and metastasis in several types of human cancer and to have a prognostic role in certain cancers. However, the clinical significance of ZEB1 in colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been sufficiently investigated. This study aimed to address this...

    journal_title:Oncology letters

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3892/ol.2012.1026

    authors: Zhang GJ,Zhou T,Tian HP,Liu ZL,Xia SS

    更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00