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Yang, Wei

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2936-2972

Mayo Clinic

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Selective Elimination of Breast Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer
Kuerer, Henry M. , Valero, V, Krishnamurthy, Savitri, Diego, Emilia J. , Lin, Heather , Shen, Yu , Mitchell, Melissa P. , Yang, Wei , Group, Exceptional Responders Study, Moseley, Tanya W. , Leung, Jessica WT, Huang, Monica L. , Parra, Raquel FD van la, Teshome, Mediget , Hwang, Rosa F. , Miggins, Makesha, Piotrowski, Matthew J., Refinetti, Ana P, Ehlers, Richard A., Mouabbi, Jason , Colen, Jessica Suarez, Loveland‐Jones, Catherine, Lesnikowski, Beth Ann, Samiian, Laila, Chong, Clayton, Black, Dalliah M. , Desyder, Sarah M, Nguyen, Tuyen , Smith, Benjamin D. , Krishnamurthy, Savitri , Johnson, Helen Margaret , Lucci, Anthony , Shaitelman, Simona Flora , Boughey, Judy C. , White, Richard L., Hunt, Kelly K. , Rauch, Gaiane M. , Group, Exceptional Responders Study, Candelaria, Rosalind P. , Adrada, Beatriz E. , Arribas, Elsa , Ramirez, David Luis , Sun, Susie X.

JAMA Oncology | March 28, 2025 | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 529

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Importance Neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) has been associated with pathologic complete response (pCR) in up to 60% of breast cancers (BCs). The findings of this trial question the necessity of surgery. Objective To report preplanned 5-year efficacy outcomes evaluating radiotherapy alone without breast surgery in patients selected with image-guided vacuum assisted biopsy (VAB). Design, Setting, and Participants This single-arm, prospective, phase 2 nonrandomized clinical trial was conducted at 7 US medical centers and included women 40 years or older with cT1-2N0-1M0 ERBB2 -positive (formerly HER2 -positive) or triple-negative invasive BC who showed residual breast lesions after NST of less than 2 cm on imaging. Enrollment was from March 6, 2017, to November 9, 2021. Data analysis was from October to December 2024. Intervention Image-guided VAB of the tumor bed (9G with a minimum of 12 cores) was performed after standard NST. Patients with clinically node-negative disease at diagnosis and no residual cancer in the breast on post-NST VAB underwent whole-breast radiotherapy with a boost without breast or axillary surgery. Patients with initial documented nodal disease and a breast pCR on VAB underwent targeted axillary dissection, while those with residual cancer when undergoing VAB had standard breast and axillary surgery. Patients were monitored with physical examinations and mammography every 6 months. Main Outcome Measures The primary outcome was ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence. Results Fifty patients (median [IQR] age, 62 [55-77] years) were enrolled and underwent post-NST VAB. Twenty-nine (58%) and 21 (42%) patients had ERBB2 -positive and triple-negative invasive BC, respectively. Breast pCR on VAB was identified in 31 patients (62%; 95% CI, 47.2%-75.34%), and axillary pCR was identified among all 8 patients with initial nodal metastases and breast pCR on VAB who underwent targeted axillary dissection. At a median follow-up of 55.4 (IQR, 44.0-63.5) months, the ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence rate was 0%, and disease-free and overall survival rates were 100% for patients without breast surgery. Conclusions and Relevance The results of this nonrandomized clinical trial that reported preplanned 5-year outcomes suggest that omission of breast surgery in select patients after NST may be feasible, with no recurrences seen. More confirmatory studies are necessary before this new approach alters surgical practice. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02945579
Patient-Reported Outcomes of Omission of Breast Surgery Following Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
Lin, Heather , Diego, Emilia J. , Yang, Wei , Valero, Vicente , Mitchell, Melissa P. , White, Richard L. , Rauch, Gaiane M., Kuerer, Henry M. , Group, Exceptional Responders Study, Moseley, Tanya W. , Leung, Jessica WT, Huang, Monica L. , Arribas, Elsa , Parra, Raquel FD van la, Teshome, Mediget , Hwang, Rosa F. , Miggins, Makesha, Piotrowski, Matthew J., Refinetti, Ana P, Ehlers, Richard A., Colen, Jessica Suarez, Loveland‐Jones, Catherine, Lesnikowski, Beth Ann, Samiian, Laila, Chong, Clayton, Arribas, Elsa M , Johnson, Helen Margaret , Shen, Yu , Krishnamurthy, Savitri , Smith, Benjamin D. , Lucci, Anthony , Sun, Susie X. , Shaitelman, Simona Flora , Boughey, Judy C. , Rauch, Gaiane M. , Group, Exceptional Responders Study, Candelaria, Rosalind P. , Adrada, Beatriz E. , Hunt, Kelly K. , Bedrosian, Isabelle

JAMA Network Open | September 14, 2023 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: e2333933

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ImportancePatients should have an active role in decisions about pursuing or forgoing specific therapies in treatment de-escalation trials.ObjectiveTo evaluate longitudinal patient-reported outcomes (PROs) encompassing decisional comfort and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among patients who elected to enroll in a clinical trial evaluating radiotherapy alone, without breast surgery, for invasive breast cancers with exceptional response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST).Design, Setting, and ParticipantsProspective, single-group, phase 2 clinical trial at 7 US medical centers. Women aged 40 years or older with invasive cT1-2 N0-1 M0 triple-negative or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (ERBB2)–positive breast cancer with no pathologic evidence of residual disease following standard NST enrolled from March 6, 2017, to November 9, 2021. Validated PRO measures were administered at baseline and 6, 12, and 36 months post-radiotherapy. Data were analyzed from January to February 2023.InterventionsPRO measures included the Decision Regret Scale (DRS), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Lymphedema (FACT-B+4), and Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes Scale (BCTOS).Main Outcomes and MeasuresChanges in PRO measure scores and subscores over time.ResultsAmong 31 patients, the median (IQR) age was 61 (56-66) years, 26 (84%) were White, and 26 (84%) were non-Hispanic. A total of 15 (48%) had triple-negative disease and 16 (52%) had ERBB2-positive disease. Decisional comfort was high at baseline (median [IQR] DRS score 10 [0-25] on a 0-100 scale, with higher scores indicating higher decisional regret) and significantly increased over time (median [IQR] DRS score at 36 months, 0 [0-20]; P < .001). HRQOL was relatively high at baseline (median [IQR] FACT-B composite score 121 [111-134] on a 0-148 scale, with higher scores indicating higher HRQOL) and significantly increased over time (median [IQR] FACT-B score at 36 months, 128 [116-137]; P = .04). Perceived differences between the affected breast and contralateral breast were minimal at baseline (median [IQR] BCTOS score 1.05 [1.00-1.23] on a 1-4 scale, with higher scores indicating greater differences) and increased significantly over time (median [IQR] BCTOS score at 36 months, 1.36 [1.18-1.64]; P < .001). At 36 months postradiotherapy, the cosmetic subscore was 0.45 points higher than baseline (95% CI, 0.16-0.74; P = .001), whereas function, pain, and edema subscores were not significantly different than baseline.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this nonrandomized phase 2 clinical trial, analysis of PROs demonstrated an overall positive experience for trial participants, with longitudinal improvements in decisional comfort and overall HRQOL over time and minimal lasting adverse effects of therapy.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02945579
Abstract PD9-04: Breast cancer subtype specific association of pCR with MRI assessed tumor volume progression during NAC in the I-SPY 2 trial
Newitt, David C. , Gibbs, Jessica , Wilmes, Lisa J., Jones, Ella F. , Joe, Bonnie N. , Sit, Laura , Chien, A. Jo , Price, Elissa R. , Albain, Kathy S. , Kuritza, Theresa , Morley, Kevin , Brandt, Kathy R., Choudhery, Sadia, Clark, Amy S. , Rosen, Mark, Wolverton, Dulcy , Fountain, Kelly , Euhus, David , Han, Heather, Niell, Bethany L. , Drukteinis, Jennifer S. , Lu, Janice , Mitri, Zaha, Nanda, Rita , Northfelt, Donald W. , Sanft, Tara, Stringer-Reasor, Erica , Viscusi, Rebecca K., Yung, Rachel L. , Asare, Smita , Melisko, Michelle , Perlmutter, Jane , Schwab, Richard B. , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Berry, Donald A. , Abé, Hiroyuki , Sheth, Deepa , Edmiston, Kirsten K., Ellis, Erin D. , Ha, Richard , Wynn, Ralph, Crane, Erin P., Dillis, Charlotte, Nelson, Michael T. , Church, An , Khan, Qamar J. , Oh, Karen Y. , Jafarian, Neda, Bang, Dae Hee , Mullins, Christiane, Woodard, Stefanie , Ojeda-Fornier, Haydee, Sheth, Pulin , Hovanessian‐Larsen, Linda , Eghtedari, Mohammad , Spektor, Michael , Giurescu, Marina E., Newell, Mary S. , Cohen, Michael A. , Berman, Elise, Smith, William P. , Fitzpatrick, Kim, Borders, Marisa H. , Yang, Wei , Goudreau, Sally , Brown, Thelma, Li, Wen , Onishi, Natsuko , Yau, Christina , Boughey, Judy C. , McDonald, Elizabeth S. , Elias, Anthony , Lang, Julie E. , Meisel, Jane Lowe , Sanft, Tara , Wallace, Anne M. , Yee, Douglas , Rugo, Hope S. , Symmans, W. Fraser , DeMichele, Angela , Isaacs, Claudine , Zamora, Kathryn , Lehman, Constance Dobbins , Dogan, Basak E , Esserman, Laura J. , Hylton, Nola M.

Cancer Research | March 26, 2020 | Volume: 80 | Issue: 4_Supplement | Pages: PD9-04-PD9-04

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Abstract Background: In an adaptive randomized trial, when new treatment combinations are being tested, it is important to be able to identify patients who are progressing on treatment so that they can be changed to a different therapeutic regimen. We know that even within the molecularly high risk patients in I-SPY 2, there is considerable variation in biology. In this study, we will present results of using MRI-calculated functional tumor volume (FTV) to identify tumor progression for each breast cancer subtype. Methods: Patients (n=990) enrolled in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL who were randomized to the graduated experimental drug arms or controls from 2010 to 2016 were analyzed. Four MRI exams were performed for each patient: pre-NAC (T0), after 3 weeks of NAC (T1), between regimens (T2), and post-NAC (T3). Functional tumor volume (FTV) was calculated at each exam by summing voxels meeting enhancement thresholds. Tumor progression at T1, T2 or T3 was identified by a positive FTV change relative to T0. Visual inspection was used to exclude false progression due to strong background parenchymal enhancement post-contrast, prominent vessels, motion, or insufficient image quality. pCR was defined as no invasive disease in the breast and lymph nodes. Negative predictive value for pCR was defined as:NPV=number of true non-pCRs / number of patients with MRI assessed tumor progressions, where “true non-pCRs” referred to patients who were non-pCRs at surgery and were assessed as progressors by MRI. The analysis was performed in the full cohort and in sub-cohorts defined by HR and HER2 statuses. Results: Out of 990 patients, 878 had pCR outcome data (pCR or non-pCR, pCR rate = 35%). Total and non-pCR numbers for each subtype, number of patients with tumor progression assessed by MRI at T1, T2, and T3, and NPVs, are shown in Table 1. In the full cohort, the NPV increased consistently over treatment, from T1 (NPV=83%) to T2 (93%), and to T3 (100%). The HER2+ cancer subtypes showed fewer MRI-assessed tumor progressions than HER2- subtypes: e.g. 10/209 (5%) vs. 108/669 (16%) at T1. NPV was 100% for HER2+ subtypes at T1 and T2 except for a single misclassification of a HR- tumor at T1. Only 6 tumor progressors, all HER2- were identified at T3, and all were confirmed at surgery as non-pCRs (NPV=100%). For HR+/HER2-, the NPV increased slightly from 89% at T1 to 91% at T2, while triple negative subtype had a more substantial increase, from 78% to 92%. Conclusions: Our study showed strong association between tumor progressors assessed by MRI with true non-pCRs after NAC. For HER2+ tumors, although MRI progressors are rare, they strongly indicate non-pCR at all treatment time points, while HER2- subtypes show more accurate results later in treatment. We are evaluating MRI change at 6 weeks to determine if that time point is sufficient to predict progressors. Table 1 MRI assessed tumor progression at different treatment time pointN/non-pCRs/%non-pCRMRI assessed tumor progressionT1 (after 3 weeks)T2 (inter-regimen)T3 (post-NAC)NNPV (%)NNPV (%)NNPV (%)Full cohort878/572/65%11883.14192.76100%HR+/HER2-344/280/81%4588.91190.93100%HR+/HER2+134/85/63%610021000N/AHR-/HER2+75/23/31%47521000N/Atriple negative325/184/57%6377.82692.33100% Citation Format: Wen Li, Natsuko Onishi, David C Newitt, Jessica Gibbs, Lisa J Wilmes, Ella F Jones, Bonnie N Joe, Laura S Sit, Christina Yau, A. Jo Chien, Elissa Price, Kathy S Albain, Theresa Kuritza, Kevin Morley, Judy C Boughey, Kathy Brandt, Sadia Choudhery, Amy S Clark, Mark Rosen, Elizabeth S McDonald, Anthony D Elias, Dulcy Wolverton, Kelly Fountain, David M Euhus, Heather S Han, Bethany Niell, Jennifer Drukteinis, Julie E Lang, Janice Lu, Jane L Meisel, Zaha Mitri, Rita Nanda, Donald W Northfelt, Tara Sanft, Erica Stringer-Reasor, Rebecca K Viscusi, Anne M Wallace, Douglas Yee, Rachel Yung, Smita M Asare, Michelle E Melisko, Jane Perlmutter, Hope S Rugo, Richard Schwab, W. Fraser Symmans, Laura J van't Veer, Donald A Berry, Angela DeMichele, Hiroyuki Abe, Deepa Sheth, Kirsten K Edmiston, Erin D Ellis, Richard Ha, Ralph Wynn, Erin P Crane, Charlotte Dillis, Michael Nelson, An Church, Claudine Isaacs, Qamar J Khan, Karen Y Oh, Neda Jafarian, Dae Hee Bang, Christiane Mullins, Stefanie Woodard, Kathryn W Zamora, Haydee Ojeda-Fornier, Pulin Sheth, Linda Hovanessian-Larsen, Mohammad Eghtedari, Michael Spektor, Marina Giurescu, Mary S Newell, Michael A Cohen, Elise Berman, Constance Lehman, William Smith, Kim Fitzpatrick, Marisa H Borders, Wei Yang, Basak Dogan, Sally Goudreau, Thelma Brown, Laura J Esserman, Nola M Hylton. Breast cancer subtype specific association of pCR with MRI assessed tumor volume progression during NAC in the I-SPY 2 trial [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD9-04.
Abstract P6-02-01: The effect of background parenchymal enhancement on the predictive performance of functional tumor volume measured in MRI
Li, Wen , Newitt, David C. , Harnish, Roy, Jones, Ella F. , Wilmes, Lisa J., Gibbs, Jessica , Price, Elissa R. , Joe, Bonnie N. , Chien, A. Jo , Berry, Donald A. , Albain, Kathy S. , Clark, Amy S. , Edmiston, Kirsten K., Ellis, Erin D. , Euhus, David , Han, Heather, Khan, Qamar J. , Lu, Janice , Mitri, Zaha, Nanda, Rita , Northfelt, Donald W. , Sanft, Tara, Stringer-Reasor, Erica , Viscusi, Rebecca K., Yung, Rachel L. , Melisko, Michelle , Perlmutter, Jane , Schwab, Richard J. , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Asare, Smita , Goudreau, Sally , Abé, Hiroyuki , Sheth, Deepa , Wolverton, Dulcy , Fountain, Kelly , Ha, Richard , Wynn, Ralph, Crane, Erin P., Dillis, Charlotte, Kuritza, Theresa , Morley, Kevin , Nelson, Michael T. , Church, An , Niell, Bethany L. , Drukteinis, Jennifer S. , Oh, Karen Y. , Jafarian, Neda, Brandt, Kathy R., Choudhery, Sadia, Bang, Dae Hee , Mullins, Christiane, Woodard, Stefanie , Ojeda-Fornier, Haydee, Eghedari, Mohammad, Sheth, Pulin , Hovanessian‐Larsen, Linda , Rosen, Mark, Spektor, Michael , Giurescu, Marina E., Newell, Mary S. , Cohen, Michael A. , Berman, Elise, Smith, William P. , Fitzpatrick, Kim, Borders, Marisa H. , Yang, Wei , Onishi, Natsuko , Boughey, Judy C. , Elias, Anthony , Isaacs, Claudine , Lang, Julie E. , Meisel, Jane Lowe , Sanft, Tara , Wallace, Anne M. , Yee, Douglas , Rugo, Hope S. , Schwab, Richard, Symmans, W. Fraser , Yau, Christina , DeMichele, Angela , Zamora, Kathryn , McDonald, Elizabeth S. , Lehman, Constance Dobbins , Dogan, Basak E , Esserman, Laura J. , Hylton, Nola M.

Cancer Research | March 26, 2020 | Volume: 80 | Issue: 4_Supplement | Pages: P6-02-01-P6-02-01

10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-p6-02-01 Get It

Abstract Background: Strong background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) may cause overestimation in tumor volume measured from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI, which may adversely affect the ability of MR tumor volume to predict treatment outcome for patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Specifically, an overestimation of tumor volume can result in misclassification of patients with complete pathologic response (pCR) as non-responders, leading to less confidence in MRI prediction. As well, overestimation of extent of disease might lead to more aggressive surgical therapy than necessary. This study investigated whether high BPE in the contralateral breast influences the predictive performance of MRI-measured functional tumor volume (FTV) for patients with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing NAC. Methods: patients (n=990) enrolled in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL who were randomized to the graduated experimental drug arms or controls from 2010 to 2016 were analyzed. Each patient had 4 MRI exams: pre-NAC (T0), after 3 weeks of NAC (T1), between NAC regimens (T2), and post-NAC (T3). FTV was calculated at each MRI exam by summing voxels meeting enhancement thresholds. Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) in the contralateral breast was calculated automatically as mean percentage enhancement on the early (nominal 150sec post-contrast) image in the fibroglandular tissue segmented from 5 continuous axial slices centered in the inferior-to-superior stack. For each treatment time point, patients having both FTV and BPE measurements were included in the analysis. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was estimated as the association between FTV and pCR at T1, T2, and T3. The analysis was conducted in the full patient cohort and in sub-cohorts defined by hormone receptor (HR) and HER2 status. In each patient cohort, a cut-off BPE value was selected to classify patients with high vs. low BPE by testing AUCs estimated with low-BPE patients reached maximum when the cut-off value varied from median to maximum in steps of 10%. Results: Out of 990 patients, 878 had pCR outcome data (pCR or non-pCR, pCR rate = 35%). Table 1 shows the number of patients, pCR rate, and AUC of FTV for predicting pCR using all patients available vs. a subset patients with low BPE (< BPE cut-off). In the full cohort, AUC increased slightly across all time points after patients with high BPE were removed. In the HR+/HER2- subtype, AUC increased at T1 after removal of cases with high BPE (0.65 vs. 0.71). For HR-/HER2+, AUC increased substantially after removal of high BPE cases (0.65 to 0.86 at T1, 0.71 to 0.87 at T2, and 0.71 to 0.89 at T3), with greater improvement at the early time point (T1) compared to later time points (T2 and T3). Only a slight improvement in the AUC was observed in the HR+/HER2+ and HR-/HER2- subtypes across all time points. Conclusions: High background parenchymal enhancement adversely affected the predictive performance of functional tumor volume measured by DCE-MRI, at early treatment time point for HR+/HER2- and across all time points for HR-/HER2+ cancer subtype. The adverse effect might be offset using subtype-optimized enhancement threshold in calculating functional tumor volume. Table 1 Effect of BPE on the prediction of pCR using FTV at various treatment time pointsT1T2T3npCR rateAUCBPE cut-offnpCR rateAUCBPE cut-offnpCR rateAUCBPE cut-offFullAll64734%0.662762334%0.701761134%0.6925Subset45334%0.6831133%0.7230534%0.72HR+/HER2-All26218%0.651924918%0.718225518%0.7519Subset13118%0.7124818%0.7120419%0.76HR+/HER2+All10636%0.642110538%0.62269634%0.7120Subset5332%0.668438%0.665740%0.73HR-/HER2+All5175%0.65204774%0.71204973%0.7116Subset3073%0.862871%0.872475%0.89HR-/HER2-All22842%0.682822243%0.751821143%0.6916Subset15940%0.7111137%0.7810540%0.75 Citation Format: Wen Li, Natsuko Onishi, David C Newitt, Roy Harnish, Ella F Jones, Lisa J Wilmes, Jessica Gibbs, Elissa Price, Bonnie N Joe, A. Jo Chien, Donald A Berry, Judy C Boughey, Kathy S Albain, Amy S Clark, Kirsten K Edmiston, Anthony D Elias, Erin D Ellis, David M Euhus, Heather S Han, Claudine Isaacs, Qamar J Khan, Julie E Lang, Janice Lu, Jane L Meisel, Zaha Mitri, Rita Nanda, Donald W Northfelt, Tara Sanft, Erica Stringer-Reasor, Rebecca K Viscusi, Anne M Wallace, Douglas Yee, Rachel Yung, Michelle E Melisko, Jane Perlmutter, Hope S Rugo, Richard Schwab, W. Fraser Symmans, Laura J van't Veer, Christina Yau, Smita M Asare, Angela DeMichele, Sally Goudreau, Hiroyuki Abe, Deepa Sheth, Dulcy Wolverton, Kelly Fountain, Richard Ha, Ralph Wynn, Erin P Crane, Charlotte Dillis, Theresa Kuritza, Kevin Morley, Michael Nelson, An Church, Bethany Niell, Jennifer Drukteinis, Karen Y Oh, Neda Jafarian, Kathy Brandt, Sadia Choudhery, Dae Hee Bang, Christiane Mullins, Stefanie Woodard, Kathryn W Zamora, Haydee Ojeda-Fornier, Mohammad Eghedari, Pulin Sheth, Linda Hovanessian-Larsen, Mark Rosen, Elizabeth S McDonald, Michael Spektor, Marina Giurescu, Mary S Newell, Michael A Cohen, Elise Berman, Constance Lehman, William Smith, Kim Fitzpatrick, Marisa H Borders, Wei Yang, Basak Dogan, Laura J Esserman, Nola M Hylton. The effect of background parenchymal enhancement on the predictive performance of functional tumor volume measured in MRI [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-02-01.
Abstract P2-07-03: Refining neoadjuvant predictors of three year distant metastasis free survival: Integrating volume change as measured by MRI with residual cancer burden
Hylton, NM, Symmans, WF, Li, W, Albain, KS, Krings, Gregor , Wei, Shuyi , Harada, Shigeyoshi , Datnow, Brian, Fadare, Oluwole , Klein, Matthew Nicholas, Chen, Boyi , Adamson, Kathi, Sams, Sharon B. , Mhawech‐Fauceglia, Paulette , Magliocco, Anthony M., Feldman, Merrill I., Rendi, Mara H. , Sattar, H, Zeck, Jay , Ocal, IT , Tawfik, OW, LeBeau, Lauren, Sahoo, Sunati , Vinh, Tuyethoa N., Chien, AJ, Ferero-Torres, A, Stringer-Reasor, Erica , Wallace, AM, Boughey, JC , Ellis, ED, Elias, AD, Lang, JE , Han, HS, Clark, AS, Korde, LA, Nanda, Rita , Northfelt, DW, Khan, QJ, Viscusi, RK, Euhus, DM, Edmiston, KK, Chui, SY, Kemmer, Kathleen, Wood, WC, Liu, MC, Olopade, OI, Tripathy, Debashish, Moulder, SL, Rugo, HS, Schwab, Richard J. , Lo, Su-Shun, Beckwith, Heather , Haugen, PK, Veer, LJ van't, Perlmutter, Jane , Melisko, ME, Wilson, Ann, Peterson, Gertrude, Asare, AL, Buxton, MB, Clennell, JL, Hirst, GL, Singhrao, Ruby , Steeg, Katherine, Sanil, Ashish, Sm, Berry, Abe, Hajime , Wolverton, Dulcy , Crane, EP, Ward, Kevin R. , Nelson, M.K., Niell, BL, Brandt, KR, Bang, DH, Eghtedari, Mohammad , Sheth, PA, Bernreuter, W K, Umphrey, H, Rosen, M., Yang, Wei , Joe, Bonnie N. , Asare, SM, Berry, DA, Esserman, L., Khan, Qamar J. , Hirst, Gillian L. , Hirst, Gillian L , Yau, Christina , Hatzis, Christos , Isaacs, Claudine , Chen, Yung‐Yi , Krings, G, Harada, S, Pambuccian, Stefan E. , Feldman, M, Yang, S, Adams, A, Lu, J, Park, JW, Schwab, R, Lo, S, Helsten, Teresa L. , Peterson, G, Paoloni, M, Matthews, JB, Berry, SM, Oh, K, Ojeda-Fournier, Haydee , Dogan, Basak E , Yee, Douglas , Pusztai, Lajos , DeMichele, Angela

Cancer Research | May 11, 2019 | Volume: 79 | Issue: 4_Supplement | Pages: P2-07-03-P2-07-03

10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p2-07-03 Get It

Abstract Background: Patients achieving a pathologic complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant therapy have significantly improved event-free survival relative to those who do not; and pCR is an FDA-accepted endpoint to support accelerated approval of novel agents/combinations in the neoadjuvant treatment of high risk early stage breast cancer. Previous studies have shown that recurrence risk increased with increasing burden of residual disease (as assessed by the RCB index). As well, these studies suggest that patients with minimum residual disease (RCB-I class) also have favorable outcomes (comparable to those achieving a pCR) within high risk tumor subtypes. In this study, we assess whether integrating RCB with MRI functional tumor volume (FTV), which in itself is prognostic, can improve prediction of distant recurrence free survival (DRFS); and identify a subset of patients with minimal residual disease with comparable DRFS as those who achieved a pCR. Imaging tools can then be used to identify the subset that will do well early and guide the timing of surgical therapy. Method: We performed a pooled analysis of 596 patients from the I-SPY2 TRIAL with RCB, pre-surgical MRI FTV data and known follow-up (median 2.5 years). We first assessed whether FTV predicts residual disease (pCR or pCR/RCB-I) using ROC analysis. We applied a power transformation to normalize the pre-surgical FTV distribution; and assessed its association with DRFS using a bi-variate Cox proportional hazard model adjusting for HR/HER2 subtype. We also fitted a bivariate Cox model of RCB index adjusting for subtype; and assessed whether adding pre-surgical FTV to this model further improves association with DRFS using a likelihood ratio (LR) test. For the Cox modeling, penalized splines approximation of the transformed FTV and RCB index with 2 degrees of freedom was used to allow for non-linear effects of FTV and RCB on DRFS. Result: Pre-surgical MRI FTV is significantly associated with DRFS (Wald p<0.00001), and more effective at predicting pCR/RCB-I than predicting pCR alone (AUC: 0.72 vs. 0.65). Larger pre-surgical FTV remains associated with worse DRFS adjusting for subtype (Wald p <0.00001). The RCB index is also significantly associated with DRFS adjusting for subtype (Wald p<0.00001). Adding FTV to a model containing RCB and subtype further improves association with DRFS (LR p=0.0007). RCB-I patients have excellent DRFS (94% at 3 years compared to 95% in the pCR group). Efforts are underway to identify an optimal threshold for dichotomizing pre-surgical FTV and FTV change measures for use in combination with pCR/RCB-I class to generate integrated RCB (iRCB) groups as a composite predictor of DRFS. Conclusion: Pre-surgical MRI FTV is effective at predicting minimal residual disease (RCB0/I) in the I-SPY 2 TRIAL. Despite the association between FTV and RCB, FTV appears to provide independent added prognostic value (to RCB and subtype), suggesting that integrating MRI volume measures and RCB into a composite predictor may improve DRFS prediction. Citation Format: Hylton NM, Symmans WF, Yau C, Li W, Hatzis C, Isaacs C, Albain KS, Chen Y-Y, Krings G, Wei S, Harada S, Datnow B, Fadare O, Klein M, Pambuccian S, Chen B, Adamson K, Sams S, Mhawech-Fauceglia P, Magliocco A, Feldman M, Rendi M, Sattar H, Zeck J, Ocal I, Tawfik O, Grasso LeBeau L, Sahoo S, Vinh T, Yang S, Adams A, Chien AJ, Ferero-Torres A, Stringer-Reasor E, Wallace A, Boughey JC, Ellis ED, Elias AD, Lang JE, Lu J, Han HS, Clark AS, Korde L, Nanda R, Northfelt DW, Khan QJ, Viscusi RK, Euhus DM, Edmiston KK, Chui SY, Kemmer K, Wood WC, Park JW, Liu MC, Olopade O, Tripathy D, Moulder SL, Rugo HS, Schwab R, Lo S, Helsten T, Beckwith H, Haugen PK, van't Veer LJ, Perlmutter J, Melisko ME, Wilson A, Peterson G, Asare AL, Buxton MB, Paoloni M, Clennell JL, Hirst GL, Singhrao R, Steeg K, Matthews JB, Sanil A, Berry SM, Abe H, Wolverton D, Crane EP, Ward KA, Nelson M, Niell BL, Oh K, Brandt KR, Bang DH, Ojeda-Fournier H, Eghtedari M, Sheth PA, Bernreuter WK, Umphrey H, Rosen MA, Dogan B, Yang W, Joe B, I-SPY 2 TRIAL Consortium, Yee D, Pusztai L, DeMichele A, Asare SM, Berry DA, Esserman LJ. Refining neoadjuvant predictors of three year distant metastasis free survival: Integrating volume change as measured by MRI with residual cancer burden [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P2-07-03.
Abstract PD4-04: Role of breast MRI in predicting pathologically negative nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cN0 patients in the I-SPY2 trial
Noordaa, ME van der, Esserman, L., Mukhtar, Rita, Price, ER, Hylton, Nola, Wolverton, Dulcy , Crane, EP, Niell, BL, Oh, Ki-Sook, Brandt, KR, Bang, DH, Eghtedari, Mohammad , Sheth, PA, Bernreuter, W K, Umphrey, H, Rosen, M., Yang, Wei , Joe, BN, Veer, L. van 't, Lancaster, Rachael, Wallace, AM, Alvaredo, M, Symmans, F, Asare, S, Boughey, JC , Yau, Christina , Price, Erin, Abe, H, Ward, KA, Nelson, M, Ojeda-Fournier, Haydee , Dogan, Basak E , Hirst, Gillian L.

Cancer Research | May 11, 2019 | Volume: 79 | Issue: 4_Supplement | Pages: PD4-04-PD4-04

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Abstract Background In clinically node-negative (cN0) breast cancer patients with triple negative (TN) and HER2+ disease and breast pathological complete response (breast pCR), low rates of nodal positivity after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have been demonstrated. In these patients, the omission of surgical axillary staging has been proposed. However, this information is not routinely known preoperatively. We aimed to validate the correlation between pathologic breast response and pathologic nodal status, and evaluate the relationship between response of the breast tumor on MRI and pathologic nodal status after NAC in cN0 patients in the I-SPY2 trial. Methods We identified all patients with cT1-4 cN0 breast cancer prior to NAC from graduated arms of the I-SPY2 trial, a prospective neoadjuvant chemotherapy trial. Absence of residual disease post-NAC was defined as longest diameter (LD) of 0 mm on MRI. Breast pCR was defined as the absence of invasive tumor in the breast at surgery. Associations between ypN0 and patient, MRI, and tumor characteristics were assessed using chi-square tests and univariate regression. Results Of 365 cT1-4 cN0 patients included, 128 had HR+/HER2- tumors (35%), 60 HR+/HER2+ tumors (16%), 34 HR-/HER2+ tumors (9%) and 143 TN tumors (39%). Overall, 283 patients (78%) were ypN0 after NAC and 152 patients (42%) had a breast pCR. ypN0 rate was higher in patients with a breast pCR than those with residual disease (93% vs 66%, p<0.001). Patients with HR-/HER2+ and TN tumors were more likely to be ypN0 (97% and 87% respectively) than patients with HR+/HER2- and HR+/HER2+ disease (66% and 71% respectively, p<0.001). Other characteristics associated with ypN0 were tumor grade (grade I 57%, grade II 66%, grade III 84%; p=0.002), MammaPrint Classification (High Risk 1 68% and High Risk 2 87%; p<0.001) and absence of residual tumor in the breast on MRI (87% vs 72% in patients with evidence of tumor on MRI post-NAC/pre-surgery; p=0.003). In patients with HR-/HER2+, HR+/HER2+, HR-/HER2+ or TN disease and a breast pCR, ypN0 rate was respectively 82%, 96%, 96% and 97% (table 1). In patients with HR+/HER2-, HR+/HER2+, HR-/HER2+ or TN disease and with no evidence of residual disease in the breast on MRI, rate of ypN0 was 71%, 80%, 94% and 96% respectively. Conclusion In cT1-4 cN0 breast cancer patients with HR+/HER2+, HR-/HER2+ and TN tumors and a breast pCR, ypN0 rates after NAC are extremely high. In patients with HR-/HER2+ and TN tumors with no residual breast disease on MRI after NAC and pre-surgery, ypN0 rates are high enough to consider omission of axillary surgery. In patients with HR+ tumors, MRI is unsufficiently predictive for pathological response and can therefore not be used to select ypN0 patients. Research on the prediction of ypN0 in cN+ I-SPY2 patients is ongoing. Nodal status in patients with pCR and absence of residual disease on MRI Number of positive nodesBreast Cancer Subtype0123AllBreast pCR HR+/HER2-27(82)2(6)4(12)033(100)HR+/HER2+24(96)01(4)025(100)HR-/HER2+24(96)1(4)0025(100)TN67(97)2(3)0069(100)Absence of residual disease on MRI HR+/HER2-24(71)7(21)3(9)034(100)HR+/HER2+16(80)3(15)01(5)20(100)HR-/HER2+15(94)1(6)0016(100)TN54(96)2(4)0056(100) Citation Format: van der Noordaa ME, Esserman L, Yau C, Mukhtar R, Price E, Hylton N, Abe H, Wolverton D, Crane EP, Ward KA, Nelson M, Niell BL, Oh K, Brandt KR, Bang DH, Ojeda-Fournier H, Eghtedari M, Sheth PA, Bernreuter WK, Umphrey H, Rosen MA, Dogan B, Yang W, Joe B, van 't Veer L, Hirst G, Lancaster R, Wallace A, Alvaredo M, Symmans F, Asare S, Boughey JC, I-SPY2 Consortium. Role of breast MRI in predicting pathologically negative nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cN0 patients in the I-SPY2 trial [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PD4-04.