Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients

Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women is currently perceived as one of the priorities in breast cancer (BC) research and, to date, we lack practical guidelines in this age group. Therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of the actual use of adjuvant chemotherapy according to each...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Annals of oncology 2005-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1276-1282
Hauptverfasser: Brunello, A., Basso, U., Pogliani, C., Jirillo, A., Ghiotto, C., Koussis, H., Lumachi, F., Iacobone, M., Vamvakas, L., Monfardini, S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page 1282
container_issue 8
container_start_page 1276
container_title Annals of oncology
container_volume 16
creator Brunello, A.
Basso, U.
Pogliani, C.
Jirillo, A.
Ghiotto, C.
Koussis, H.
Lumachi, F.
Iacobone, M.
Vamvakas, L.
Monfardini, S.
description Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women is currently perceived as one of the priorities in breast cancer (BC) research and, to date, we lack practical guidelines in this age group. Therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of the actual use of adjuvant chemotherapy according to each negative prognostic factor. Patients and methods: Charts of all consecutive elderly patients aged 70 years or more with operable BC referred to our institution between 1999 and 2003 were reviewed for tumour stage and treatment, and compared with an equal cohort of younger randomly selected postmenopausal patients (control group). Results: A total of 260 elderly patients (mean age 75.6 years, age range 70–97 years) with histological diagnosis of early BC were eligible. Conserving surgery was performed in 54.6% of patients, nodal dissection in 84.6% and sentinel node biopsy in 5.8%. Tumour size was pT2–pT3 in 45.4% of patients; grading was G3 in 27.3%, hormonal status was negative (HR–) in 16.9% and lymph nodes were involved (N+) in 36.1%. Of 188 patients presenting one or more risk factors (pT2–3, G3, N+, HR–), 48.4% were not proposed for adjuvant chemotherapy (compared with 7.2% in the control group), 39.8% of those with nodal involvement (compared with 4.3% of controls, P 
doi_str_mv 10.1093/annonc/mdi257
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19730904</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>19730904</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c429t-e7123b67d172cf445a2e2c9af2bc0c51859bf97419f24255e6a00bf688b43da63</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNpFkMFu1DAQQC0EokvhyBX5AoJDqO3EdsytqoAiLaIHEFUv1sQZE7fZJNjeQj6AAx_Cj_ElBO2qe_JIfnozeoQ85ew1Z6Y8gWEYB3eyaYOQ-h5ZcalMUbOK3ycrZkRZaFlWR-RRSteMMWWEeUiOuDTcqFquyK_T9np7C0OmrsPNmDuMMM3Uj5Fi32LsZzpBDjjkRF_-_f1HMzojxPSK_gi5o8u4EF341hUxpBvaRIS0uGBwGN9QoBFzHNOELodbpDBAP6eQ6OipUOxO_Zg88NAnfLJ_j8mXd28_n50X60_vP5ydrgtXCZML1FyUjdIt18L5qpIgUDgDXjSOOclraRpvdMWNF5WQEhUw1nhV101VtqDKY_Ji553i-H2LKdtNSA77HgYct8lyo0tmWLWAxQ50y_UpordTDBuIs-XM_u9ud93trvvCP9uLt80G2wO9D70Az_cAJAe9j0uhkA6cZlzJ0hwWh5Tx590_xBurdKmlPb-8sl8_XsqLi_WVFeU_R3KfHA</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>19730904</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients</title><source>MEDLINE</source><source>Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals</source><source>Alma/SFX Local Collection</source><creator>Brunello, A. ; Basso, U. ; Pogliani, C. ; Jirillo, A. ; Ghiotto, C. ; Koussis, H. ; Lumachi, F. ; Iacobone, M. ; Vamvakas, L. ; Monfardini, S.</creator><creatorcontrib>Brunello, A. ; Basso, U. ; Pogliani, C. ; Jirillo, A. ; Ghiotto, C. ; Koussis, H. ; Lumachi, F. ; Iacobone, M. ; Vamvakas, L. ; Monfardini, S.</creatorcontrib><description>Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women is currently perceived as one of the priorities in breast cancer (BC) research and, to date, we lack practical guidelines in this age group. Therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of the actual use of adjuvant chemotherapy according to each negative prognostic factor. Patients and methods: Charts of all consecutive elderly patients aged 70 years or more with operable BC referred to our institution between 1999 and 2003 were reviewed for tumour stage and treatment, and compared with an equal cohort of younger randomly selected postmenopausal patients (control group). Results: A total of 260 elderly patients (mean age 75.6 years, age range 70–97 years) with histological diagnosis of early BC were eligible. Conserving surgery was performed in 54.6% of patients, nodal dissection in 84.6% and sentinel node biopsy in 5.8%. Tumour size was pT2–pT3 in 45.4% of patients; grading was G3 in 27.3%, hormonal status was negative (HR–) in 16.9% and lymph nodes were involved (N+) in 36.1%. Of 188 patients presenting one or more risk factors (pT2–3, G3, N+, HR–), 48.4% were not proposed for adjuvant chemotherapy (compared with 7.2% in the control group), 39.8% of those with nodal involvement (compared with 4.3% of controls, P &lt;0.0001) and 22.7% of those who were HR– (compared with 0.0% of controls, P=0.0002). Considering only patients receiving non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy, 20 elderly patients (25.9%) were unable to complete the planned number of cycles (compared with 4.7% of controls, P=0.0002). The 2-year disease-free survival was significantly decreased in N+ HR– patients compared with the remaining elderly patients (49.9% compared with 90.9%, P=0.0006). Conclusions: Elderly BC patients receive much less adjuvant chemotherapy, according to each prognostic factor. N+ HR– disease probably represents the most reasonable indication. As the toxicity of the CMF regimen frequently caused interruption of treatment, alternative regimens should be assessed in this age class.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0923-7534</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1569-8041</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi257</identifier><identifier>PMID: 15919685</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Oxford: Oxford University Press</publisher><subject>adjuvant chemotherapy ; Aged ; Antineoplastic agents ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use ; Biological and medical sciences ; breast cancer ; Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy ; Breast Neoplasms - pathology ; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy ; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology ; Carcinoma, Lobular - drug therapy ; Carcinoma, Lobular - pathology ; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use ; elderly ; Female ; Fluorouracil - therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes - pathology ; Medical sciences ; Methotrexate - therapeutic use ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Staging ; Pharmacology. Drug treatments ; Postmenopause ; Prognosis ; Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism ; Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Survival Rate</subject><ispartof>Annals of oncology, 2005-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1276-1282</ispartof><rights>2005 INIST-CNRS</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c429t-e7123b67d172cf445a2e2c9af2bc0c51859bf97419f24255e6a00bf688b43da63</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c429t-e7123b67d172cf445a2e2c9af2bc0c51859bf97419f24255e6a00bf688b43da63</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&amp;idt=17016539$$DView record in Pascal Francis$$Hfree_for_read</backlink><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15919685$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Brunello, A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Basso, U.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pogliani, C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Jirillo, A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Ghiotto, C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Koussis, H.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Lumachi, F.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Iacobone, M.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vamvakas, L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Monfardini, S.</creatorcontrib><title>Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients</title><title>Annals of oncology</title><addtitle>Ann Oncol</addtitle><description>Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women is currently perceived as one of the priorities in breast cancer (BC) research and, to date, we lack practical guidelines in this age group. Therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of the actual use of adjuvant chemotherapy according to each negative prognostic factor. Patients and methods: Charts of all consecutive elderly patients aged 70 years or more with operable BC referred to our institution between 1999 and 2003 were reviewed for tumour stage and treatment, and compared with an equal cohort of younger randomly selected postmenopausal patients (control group). Results: A total of 260 elderly patients (mean age 75.6 years, age range 70–97 years) with histological diagnosis of early BC were eligible. Conserving surgery was performed in 54.6% of patients, nodal dissection in 84.6% and sentinel node biopsy in 5.8%. Tumour size was pT2–pT3 in 45.4% of patients; grading was G3 in 27.3%, hormonal status was negative (HR–) in 16.9% and lymph nodes were involved (N+) in 36.1%. Of 188 patients presenting one or more risk factors (pT2–3, G3, N+, HR–), 48.4% were not proposed for adjuvant chemotherapy (compared with 7.2% in the control group), 39.8% of those with nodal involvement (compared with 4.3% of controls, P &lt;0.0001) and 22.7% of those who were HR– (compared with 0.0% of controls, P=0.0002). Considering only patients receiving non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy, 20 elderly patients (25.9%) were unable to complete the planned number of cycles (compared with 4.7% of controls, P=0.0002). The 2-year disease-free survival was significantly decreased in N+ HR– patients compared with the remaining elderly patients (49.9% compared with 90.9%, P=0.0006). Conclusions: Elderly BC patients receive much less adjuvant chemotherapy, according to each prognostic factor. N+ HR– disease probably represents the most reasonable indication. As the toxicity of the CMF regimen frequently caused interruption of treatment, alternative regimens should be assessed in this age class.</description><subject>adjuvant chemotherapy</subject><subject>Aged</subject><subject>Antineoplastic agents</subject><subject>Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use</subject><subject>Biological and medical sciences</subject><subject>breast cancer</subject><subject>Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy</subject><subject>Breast Neoplasms - pathology</subject><subject>Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy</subject><subject>Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology</subject><subject>Carcinoma, Lobular - drug therapy</subject><subject>Carcinoma, Lobular - pathology</subject><subject>Chemotherapy, Adjuvant</subject><subject>Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use</subject><subject>elderly</subject><subject>Female</subject><subject>Fluorouracil - therapeutic use</subject><subject>Humans</subject><subject>Lymph Nodes - pathology</subject><subject>Medical sciences</subject><subject>Methotrexate - therapeutic use</subject><subject>Middle Aged</subject><subject>Neoplasm Staging</subject><subject>Pharmacology. Drug treatments</subject><subject>Postmenopause</subject><subject>Prognosis</subject><subject>Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism</subject><subject>Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism</subject><subject>Retrospective Studies</subject><subject>Risk Factors</subject><subject>Survival Rate</subject><issn>0923-7534</issn><issn>1569-8041</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2005</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>EIF</sourceid><recordid>eNpFkMFu1DAQQC0EokvhyBX5AoJDqO3EdsytqoAiLaIHEFUv1sQZE7fZJNjeQj6AAx_Cj_ElBO2qe_JIfnozeoQ85ew1Z6Y8gWEYB3eyaYOQ-h5ZcalMUbOK3ycrZkRZaFlWR-RRSteMMWWEeUiOuDTcqFquyK_T9np7C0OmrsPNmDuMMM3Uj5Fi32LsZzpBDjjkRF_-_f1HMzojxPSK_gi5o8u4EF341hUxpBvaRIS0uGBwGN9QoBFzHNOELodbpDBAP6eQ6OipUOxO_Zg88NAnfLJ_j8mXd28_n50X60_vP5ydrgtXCZML1FyUjdIt18L5qpIgUDgDXjSOOclraRpvdMWNF5WQEhUw1nhV101VtqDKY_Ji553i-H2LKdtNSA77HgYct8lyo0tmWLWAxQ50y_UpordTDBuIs-XM_u9ud93trvvCP9uLt80G2wO9D70Az_cAJAe9j0uhkA6cZlzJ0hwWh5Tx590_xBurdKmlPb-8sl8_XsqLi_WVFeU_R3KfHA</recordid><startdate>20050801</startdate><enddate>20050801</enddate><creator>Brunello, A.</creator><creator>Basso, U.</creator><creator>Pogliani, C.</creator><creator>Jirillo, A.</creator><creator>Ghiotto, C.</creator><creator>Koussis, H.</creator><creator>Lumachi, F.</creator><creator>Iacobone, M.</creator><creator>Vamvakas, L.</creator><creator>Monfardini, S.</creator><general>Oxford University Press</general><scope>BSCLL</scope><scope>IQODW</scope><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>7T5</scope><scope>H94</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20050801</creationdate><title>Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients</title><author>Brunello, A. ; Basso, U. ; Pogliani, C. ; Jirillo, A. ; Ghiotto, C. ; Koussis, H. ; Lumachi, F. ; Iacobone, M. ; Vamvakas, L. ; Monfardini, S.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c429t-e7123b67d172cf445a2e2c9af2bc0c51859bf97419f24255e6a00bf688b43da63</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2005</creationdate><topic>adjuvant chemotherapy</topic><topic>Aged</topic><topic>Antineoplastic agents</topic><topic>Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use</topic><topic>Biological and medical sciences</topic><topic>breast cancer</topic><topic>Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy</topic><topic>Breast Neoplasms - pathology</topic><topic>Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy</topic><topic>Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology</topic><topic>Carcinoma, Lobular - drug therapy</topic><topic>Carcinoma, Lobular - pathology</topic><topic>Chemotherapy, Adjuvant</topic><topic>Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use</topic><topic>elderly</topic><topic>Female</topic><topic>Fluorouracil - therapeutic use</topic><topic>Humans</topic><topic>Lymph Nodes - pathology</topic><topic>Medical sciences</topic><topic>Methotrexate - therapeutic use</topic><topic>Middle Aged</topic><topic>Neoplasm Staging</topic><topic>Pharmacology. Drug treatments</topic><topic>Postmenopause</topic><topic>Prognosis</topic><topic>Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism</topic><topic>Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism</topic><topic>Retrospective Studies</topic><topic>Risk Factors</topic><topic>Survival Rate</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Brunello, A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Basso, U.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Pogliani, C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Jirillo, A.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Ghiotto, C.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Koussis, H.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Lumachi, F.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Iacobone, M.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Vamvakas, L.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Monfardini, S.</creatorcontrib><collection>Istex</collection><collection>Pascal-Francis</collection><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Immunology Abstracts</collection><collection>AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts</collection><jtitle>Annals of oncology</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Brunello, A.</au><au>Basso, U.</au><au>Pogliani, C.</au><au>Jirillo, A.</au><au>Ghiotto, C.</au><au>Koussis, H.</au><au>Lumachi, F.</au><au>Iacobone, M.</au><au>Vamvakas, L.</au><au>Monfardini, S.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients</atitle><jtitle>Annals of oncology</jtitle><addtitle>Ann Oncol</addtitle><date>2005-08-01</date><risdate>2005</risdate><volume>16</volume><issue>8</issue><spage>1276</spage><epage>1282</epage><pages>1276-1282</pages><issn>0923-7534</issn><eissn>1569-8041</eissn><abstract>Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly women is currently perceived as one of the priorities in breast cancer (BC) research and, to date, we lack practical guidelines in this age group. Therefore we performed a retrospective analysis of the actual use of adjuvant chemotherapy according to each negative prognostic factor. Patients and methods: Charts of all consecutive elderly patients aged 70 years or more with operable BC referred to our institution between 1999 and 2003 were reviewed for tumour stage and treatment, and compared with an equal cohort of younger randomly selected postmenopausal patients (control group). Results: A total of 260 elderly patients (mean age 75.6 years, age range 70–97 years) with histological diagnosis of early BC were eligible. Conserving surgery was performed in 54.6% of patients, nodal dissection in 84.6% and sentinel node biopsy in 5.8%. Tumour size was pT2–pT3 in 45.4% of patients; grading was G3 in 27.3%, hormonal status was negative (HR–) in 16.9% and lymph nodes were involved (N+) in 36.1%. Of 188 patients presenting one or more risk factors (pT2–3, G3, N+, HR–), 48.4% were not proposed for adjuvant chemotherapy (compared with 7.2% in the control group), 39.8% of those with nodal involvement (compared with 4.3% of controls, P &lt;0.0001) and 22.7% of those who were HR– (compared with 0.0% of controls, P=0.0002). Considering only patients receiving non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy, 20 elderly patients (25.9%) were unable to complete the planned number of cycles (compared with 4.7% of controls, P=0.0002). The 2-year disease-free survival was significantly decreased in N+ HR– patients compared with the remaining elderly patients (49.9% compared with 90.9%, P=0.0006). Conclusions: Elderly BC patients receive much less adjuvant chemotherapy, according to each prognostic factor. N+ HR– disease probably represents the most reasonable indication. As the toxicity of the CMF regimen frequently caused interruption of treatment, alternative regimens should be assessed in this age class.</abstract><cop>Oxford</cop><pub>Oxford University Press</pub><pmid>15919685</pmid><doi>10.1093/annonc/mdi257</doi><tpages>7</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0923-7534
ispartof Annals of oncology, 2005-08, Vol.16 (8), p.1276-1282
issn 0923-7534
1569-8041
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19730904
source MEDLINE; Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Frei zugängliche E-Journals; Alma/SFX Local Collection
subjects adjuvant chemotherapy
Aged
Antineoplastic agents
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - drug therapy
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology
Carcinoma, Lobular - drug therapy
Carcinoma, Lobular - pathology
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use
elderly
Female
Fluorouracil - therapeutic use
Humans
Lymph Nodes - pathology
Medical sciences
Methotrexate - therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Postmenopause
Prognosis
Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism
Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Survival Rate
title Adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients (≥70 years) with early high-risk breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of 260 patients
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-04T08%3A05%3A08IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Adjuvant%20chemotherapy%20for%20elderly%20patients%20(%E2%89%A570%20years)%20with%20early%20high-risk%20breast%20cancer:%20a%20retrospective%20analysis%20of%20260%20patients&rft.jtitle=Annals%20of%20oncology&rft.au=Brunello,%20A.&rft.date=2005-08-01&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=8&rft.spage=1276&rft.epage=1282&rft.pages=1276-1282&rft.issn=0923-7534&rft.eissn=1569-8041&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093/annonc/mdi257&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E19730904%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=19730904&rft_id=info:pmid/15919685&rfr_iscdi=true