Adjuvant early breast cancer systemic therapies according to daily used technologies

Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2012 Jun;82(3):361-9. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2011.09.002. Epub 2011 Oct 22.

Abstract

Prognosis of early breast cancer patients is significantly improved with the use of adjuvant therapies. Various guidelines have been proposed to select patients who will derive the most benefit from such treatments. However, classifications have limited usefulness in subsets of patients such as those with node negative breast cancer. The 2007 St. Paul de Vence Clinical Practice Recommendations proposed to consider adjuvant therapy in accordance with the 10-year relapse-free survival reduction estimated by Adjuvant! Online. However, many limitations remain regarding the use of Adjuvant! Online. Among them, adverse prognostic and/or predictive factors such as vascular invasion, mitotic activity, progesterone receptor negativity, and HER-2 expression are not incorporated in the routine clinical decision process. Our group has therefore issued guidelines based on the consideration of both Adjuvant! Online calculations and the prognostic and/or predictive effects of these markers. In addition, web-accessible comprehensive tables summarizing these recommendations are provided.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Gene Expression / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / genetics
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / metabolism
  • Receptors, Progesterone / genetics
  • Receptors, Progesterone / metabolism
  • Secondary Prevention*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Receptors, Progesterone
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • Receptor, ErbB-2