Does the Presence of Circulating Tumor Cells in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer Patients Predict the Site of First Metastasis-Results from the Adjuvant SUCCESS A Trial
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Does the Presence of Circulating Tumor Cells in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer Patients Predict the Site of First Metastasis-Results from the Adjuvant SUCCESS A Trial. / Trapp, Elisabeth K; Fasching, Peter A; Fehm, Tanja; Schneeweiss, Andreas; Mueller, Volkmar; Harbeck, Nadia; Lorenz, Ralf; Schumacher, Claudia; Heinrich, Georg; Schochter, Fabienne; de Gregorio, Amelie; Tzschaschel, Marie; Rack, Brigitte; Janni, Wolfgang; Friedl, Thomas W P.
In: CANCERS, Vol. 14, No. 16, 3949, 16.08.2022.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Does the Presence of Circulating Tumor Cells in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer Patients Predict the Site of First Metastasis-Results from the Adjuvant SUCCESS A Trial
AU - Trapp, Elisabeth K
AU - Fasching, Peter A
AU - Fehm, Tanja
AU - Schneeweiss, Andreas
AU - Mueller, Volkmar
AU - Harbeck, Nadia
AU - Lorenz, Ralf
AU - Schumacher, Claudia
AU - Heinrich, Georg
AU - Schochter, Fabienne
AU - de Gregorio, Amelie
AU - Tzschaschel, Marie
AU - Rack, Brigitte
AU - Janni, Wolfgang
AU - Friedl, Thomas W P
PY - 2022/8/16
Y1 - 2022/8/16
N2 - The prognostic relevance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in breast cancer is well established. However, little is known about the association of CTCs and site of first metastasis. In the SUCCESS A trial, 373 out of 3754 randomized high-risk breast cancer patients developed metastatic disease. CTC status was assessed by the FDA-approved CellSearch®-System (Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Bologna, Italy) in 206 of these patients before chemotherapy and additionally in 159 patients after chemotherapy. CTCs were detected in 70 (34.0%) of 206 patients before (median 2 CTCs, 1-827) and in 44 (27.7%) of 159 patients after chemotherapy (median 1 CTC, 1-124); 16 (10.1%) of 159 patients were CTC-positive at both timepoints. The site of first distant disease was bone-only, visceral-only, and other-site-only in 44 (21.4%), 60 (29.1%), and 74 (35.9%) patients, respectively, while 28 (13.6%) patients had multiple sites of first metastatic disease. Patients with CTCs at both timepoints more often showed bone-only first distant disease (37.5% vs. 21.0%) and first distant disease at multiple sites (31.3% vs. 12.6%) than patients without CTCs before and/or after chemotherapy (p = 0.027). In conclusion, the presence of CTCs before and after chemotherapy is associated with multiple-site or bone-only first-distant disease and may trigger intensified follow-up and perhaps further treatment.
AB - The prognostic relevance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in breast cancer is well established. However, little is known about the association of CTCs and site of first metastasis. In the SUCCESS A trial, 373 out of 3754 randomized high-risk breast cancer patients developed metastatic disease. CTC status was assessed by the FDA-approved CellSearch®-System (Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Bologna, Italy) in 206 of these patients before chemotherapy and additionally in 159 patients after chemotherapy. CTCs were detected in 70 (34.0%) of 206 patients before (median 2 CTCs, 1-827) and in 44 (27.7%) of 159 patients after chemotherapy (median 1 CTC, 1-124); 16 (10.1%) of 159 patients were CTC-positive at both timepoints. The site of first distant disease was bone-only, visceral-only, and other-site-only in 44 (21.4%), 60 (29.1%), and 74 (35.9%) patients, respectively, while 28 (13.6%) patients had multiple sites of first metastatic disease. Patients with CTCs at both timepoints more often showed bone-only first distant disease (37.5% vs. 21.0%) and first distant disease at multiple sites (31.3% vs. 12.6%) than patients without CTCs before and/or after chemotherapy (p = 0.027). In conclusion, the presence of CTCs before and after chemotherapy is associated with multiple-site or bone-only first-distant disease and may trigger intensified follow-up and perhaps further treatment.
U2 - 10.3390/cancers14163949
DO - 10.3390/cancers14163949
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 36010945
VL - 14
JO - CANCERS
JF - CANCERS
SN - 2072-6694
IS - 16
M1 - 3949
ER -