Second breast cancer: recurrence score results, clinicopathologic characteristics, adjuvant treatments, and outcomes—exploratory analysis of the Clalit registry

Shlomit S. Shachar*, Michelle Leviov, Rinat Yerushalmi, Karen Drumea, Margarita Tokar, Lior Soussan-Gutman, Avital Bareket-Samish, Amir Sonnenblick, Noa Ben-Baruch, Ella Evron, Einav Nili Gal-Yam, Shani Paluch-Shimon, Gil Bar-Sela, Hadar Goldvaser, Salomon M. Stemmer

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Abstract

Data on using the 21-gene Recurrence Score (RS) testing on second breast cancer (BC; second primary or local recurrence) are lacking. This cohort study examined patients with first and second BC, who underwent 21-gene testing both times. It included a ‘study-cohort’ (60 N0/N1mi/N1 ER + HER2‒ BC patients with ≥2 RS results >1 year apart) and a ‘general 21-gene-tested BC-cohort’ (2044 previously described N0/N1mi/N1 patients). The median time between the first and second BC was 5.2 (IQR, 3.1–7.1) years; the second BC was ipsilateral in 68%. Patient/tumor characteristics of the first- and second-BC in the ‘study-cohort’ were similar, except for the RS which was higher in the second BC (median [IQR]: 23 [17–30] vs 17 [14–22], p < 0.001). Overall, 56 patients had follow-up data, of whom 5 experienced distant recurrence (2 RS 11–25 patients and 3 RS 26–100 patients). Studies exploring the prognostic utility of the RS in this setting are warranted.

Original languageEnglish
Article number79
Journalnpj Breast Cancer
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023

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