Anastrozole Reduced Proliferation and Progesterone Receptor Indexes in Short Term Hormone Therapy

Summary

Background: Identification of new biomarkers with potential predictive and prognostic role has contributed unequivocally to breast cancer treatment. Although traditionally endocrine therapy is based on hormonal receptors status (estrogen - ER and progesterone- PR), some patients become hormone resistant. In order to identify a possible profile associated to hormonal resistance, some biomarkers have been assessed after short period primary hormone therapy (HT). Objectives: To compare the expression of Ki-67, Bcl2, Bax, Bak, ER and e PR in postmenopausal women with ER positive invasive ductal carcinomas (IDC), prior and after tamoxifen and anastrozole in short term hormone therapy.

Timeline

Start

2005-04

Primary completion

2007-07

Completion

2008-06

Publications

• Background Cuzick J, Powles T, Veronesi U, Forbes J, Edwards R, Ashley S, Boyle P. Overview of the main outcomes in breast-cancer prevention trials. Lancet. 2003 Jan 25;361(9354):296-300. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12342-2.
• Results Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials. Lancet. 2005 May 14-20;365(9472):1687-717. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66544-0.
• Results Macaskill EJ, Renshaw L, Dixon JM. Neoadjuvant use of hormonal therapy in elderly patients with early or locally advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Oncologist. 2006 Nov-Dec;11(10):1081-8. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.11-10-1081.
• Results Dowsett M. Preoperative models to evaluate endocrine strategies for breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Jan;9(1 Pt 2):502S-10S.
• Results Dixon JM, Renshaw L, Bellamy C, Stuart M, Hoctin-Boes G, Miller WR. The effects of neoadjuvant anastrozole (Arimidex) on tumor volume in postmenopausal women with breast cancer: a randomized, double-blind, single-center study. Clin Cancer Res. 2000 Jun;6(6):2229-35.
• Results Harvey JM, Clark GM, Osborne CK, Allred DC. Estrogen receptor status by immunohistochemistry is superior to the ligand-binding assay for predicting response to adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 1999 May;17(5):1474-81. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.5.1474.
• Results Musgrove EA, Sutherland RL. Biological determinants of endocrine resistance in breast cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2009 Sep;9(9):631-43. doi: 10.1038/nrc2713.
• Results Miller WR, Dixon JM, Cameron DA, Anderson TJ. Biological and clinical effects of aromatase inhibitors in neoadjuvant therapy. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2001 Dec;79(1-5):103-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-0760(01)00149-2.
• Results Dowsett M, Smith IE, Ebbs SR, Dixon JM, Skene A, Griffith C, Boeddinghaus I, Salter J, Detre S, Hills M, Ashley S, Francis S, Walsh G, A'Hern R. Proliferation and apoptosis as markers of benefit in neoadjuvant endocrine therapy of breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Feb 1;12(3 Pt 2):1024s-1030s. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-2127.
• Results Konstantinidou AE, Korkolopoulou P, Patsouris E. Apoptotic markers for tumor recurrence: a minireview. Apoptosis. 2002 Oct;7(5):461-70. doi: 10.1023/a:1020091226673.
• Results Ellis MJ, Tao Y, Luo J, A'Hern R, Evans DB, Bhatnagar AS, Chaudri Ross HA, von Kameke A, Miller WR, Smith I, Eiermann W, Dowsett M. Outcome prediction for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer based on postneoadjuvant endocrine therapy tumor characteristics. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Oct 1;100(19):1380-8. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn309. Epub 2008 Sep 23.
• Results Colozza M, Azambuja E, Cardoso F, Sotiriou C, Larsimont D, Piccart MJ. Proliferative markers as prognostic and predictive tools in early breast cancer: where are we now? Ann Oncol. 2005 Nov;16(11):1723-39. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdi352. Epub 2005 Jun 24.
• Results Dowsett M. Biomarker investigations from the ATAC trial: the role of TA01. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004;87 Suppl 1:S11-8. doi: 10.1007/s10549-004-1578-3.
• Results Dowsett M, Ebbs SR, Dixon JM, Skene A, Griffith C, Boeddinghaus I, Salter J, Detre S, Hills M, Ashley S, Francis S, Walsh G, Smith IE. Biomarker changes during neoadjuvant anastrozole, tamoxifen, or the combination: influence of hormonal status and HER-2 in breast cancer--a study from the IMPACT trialists. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Apr 10;23(11):2477-92. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.559. Epub 2005 Mar 14.
• Results Dowsett M, Smith IE, Ebbs SR, Dixon JM, Skene A, Griffith C, Boeddinghaus I, Salter J, Detre S, Hills M, Ashley S, Francis S, Walsh G; IMPACT Trialists. Short-term changes in Ki-67 during neoadjuvant treatment of primary breast cancer with anastrozole or tamoxifen alone or combined correlate with recurrence-free survival. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Jan 15;11(2 Pt 2):951s-8s.
• Results Ellis MJ, Ma C. Letrozole in the neoadjuvant setting: the P024 trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007;105 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):33-43. doi: 10.1007/s10549-007-9701-x. Epub 2007 Oct 3.

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