The Impact of Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy on Survival Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Who Underwent Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Simple Summary The benefits of post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) may vary depending on patients' responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), although PMRT is useful for patients who underwent NAC. One can consider omitting PMRT in patients who have achieved pathologic complete response or wh...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cancers 2021-12, Vol.13 (24), p.6205, Article 6205
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Janghee, Kim, Jee-Ye, Bae, Soong-June, Cho, Yeona, Ji, Jung-Hwan, Kim, Dooreh, Ahn, Sung-Gwe, Park, Hyung-Seok, Park, Seho, Kim, Seung-Il, Park, Byeong-Woo, Jeong, Joon
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Zusammenfassung:Simple Summary The benefits of post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) may vary depending on patients' responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), although PMRT is useful for patients who underwent NAC. One can consider omitting PMRT in patients who have achieved pathologic complete response or who have minimal residual disease, with a neoadjuvant response index value of 0.7-1.0. This study aimed to determine whether post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) is beneficial for the prognosis of patients who achieved pathologic complete response (pCR), or who had minimal residual disease, after undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Patients who underwent a total mastectomy between 2006 and 2018, after NAC, were included. Patients who did not receive PMRT were matched using 1:3 propensity score matching (PSM). Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to compare locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS) and overall survival (OS). A total of 368 patients were included after 1:3 PSM. PMRT improved the LRRFS (p = 0.016) and OS (p = 0.017) rates of patients who underwent NAC. However, PMRT did not affect the prognosis of patients with pCR (LRRFS: p = 0.999; OS: p = 0.453). In addition, PMRT had a limited effect on LRRFS and OS in patients who responded well to NAC, with a neoadjuvant response index (NRI) value of 0.7-1.0 (LRRFS: p = 0.568; OS: p = 0.875). PMRT improved the OS of patients with a large residual tumor burden, such as nodal metastases or pathologic stage II/III. The benefits of PMRT vary depending on the patients' response to NAC, although PMRT is useful for treating patients who underwent NAC. PMRT can be omitted, not only in patients with pCR, but also in good responders with an NRI value of 0.7-1.0.
ISSN:2072-6694
2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers13246205