Evidence-based guidelines for managing patients with primary ER+ HER2- breast cancer deferred from surgery due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Authors
Dowsett, M
Ellis, MJ
Dixon, JM
Gluz, O
Robertson, J
Kates, R
Suman, VJ
Turnbull, AK
Nitz, U
Christgen, M
Kreipe, H
Kuemmel, S
Bliss, JM
Barry, P
Johnston, SR
Jacobs, SA
Ma, CX
Smith, IE
Harbeck, N
Ellis, MJ
Dixon, JM
Gluz, O
Robertson, J
Kates, R
Suman, VJ
Turnbull, AK
Nitz, U
Christgen, M
Kreipe, H
Kuemmel, S
Bliss, JM
Barry, P
Johnston, SR
Jacobs, SA
Ma, CX
Smith, IE
Harbeck, N
Document Type
Journal Article
Date
2020-01
Date Accepted
2020-05-21
Date Available
Abstract
Many patients with ER+ HER2- primary breast cancer are being deferred from surgery to neoadjuvant endocrine therapy (NeoET) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have collated data from multiple international trials of presurgical endocrine therapy in order to provide guidance on the identification of patients who may have insufficiently endocrine-sensitive tumors and should be prioritised for early surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy rather than NeoET during or in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic for safety or when surgical activity needs to be prioritized. For postmenopausal patients, our data provide strong support for the use of ER and PgR status at diagnosis for triaging of patients into three groups in which (taking into account clinical factors): (i) NeoET is likely to be inappropriate (Allred ER <6 or ER 6 and PgR <6) (ii) a biopsy for Ki67 analysis (on-treatment Ki67) could be considered after 2-4 weeks of NeoET (a: ER 7 or 8 and PgR <6 or b: ER 6 or 7 and PgR ≥6) or (iii) NeoET is an acceptable course of action (ER 8 and PgR ≥6). Cut-offs for percentage of cells positive are also given. For group (ii), a high early on-treatment level of Ki67 (>10%) indicates a higher priority for early surgery. Too few data were available for premenopausal patients to provide a similar treatment algorithm. These guidelines should be helpful for managing patients with early ER+ HER2- breast cancer during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
Citation
NPJ breast cancer, 2020, 6 pp. 21 - ?
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Publisher
ISSN
2374-4677
eISSN
2374-4677
Research Team
Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
Endocrinology
Endocrinology