Prognostic and Predictive Factors for Small Breast Tumors
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Because of mammography screening increasingly more women are diagnosed with centimeter or subcentimeter node-negative breast cancer (i.e., T1abN0); these tumors account for approximately 19% of all newly diagnosed breast cancers in Sweden. Although the long term relapse-free survival rates among patients with such tumors is as high as ≥90%, some reports suggest that certain patient subgroups may have rates <75%. Firmly established prognostic and predictive factors for patients with T1abN0 tumors are, however, lacking. This is a nationwide, register-based cohort study investigating prognostic and predictive factors in women with centimeter or subcentimeter breast cancer. The study hypotheses are: 1) Established prognostic and/or predictive factors in overall breast cancer are prognostic and/or predictive factors also in centimeter or subcentimeter node-negative breast cancer; 2) The established relative reduction in risk of recurrence and death of adjuvant treatment for overall breast cancer are similar in centimeter or subcentimeter node-negative breast cancer.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
|
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
---|---|
Women with T1ab breast cancer.
|
Drug: Endocrine therapy
Endocrine treatment versus no endocrine therapy (in women with hormone receptor positive1 disease).
Radiation: Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy versus no radiotherapy.
Drug: Herceptin
Trastuzumab versus no trastuzumab (in women with HER2-positive disease).
Drug: Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy versus no chemotherapy.
Procedure: Type of breast cancer surgery
Type of surgery (partial mastectomy, mastectomy, other).
Other: Age at diagnosis
Age at diagnosis (<35, 35-<50, 50-<70, ≥70).
Other: Screen detected tumor
Screening detected tumor (yes, no).
Other: Menopausal status at diagnosis
Menopausal status (premenopausal, postmenopausal).
Other: Tumor size
Tumor size (≤5 mm, 6-≤10 mm).
Other: Estrogen receptor (ER) status
ER-status (positive, negative).
Other: Tumor grade
Tumor grade (1, 2, 3).
Other: HER2-status
HER2-status (positive, negative).
Other: Intrinsic subgroups of breast cancer
Intrinsic subgroup proxy (Luminal A, Luminal B (HER2-negative), Luminal B (HER2-positive), HER2-positive (non-luminal), Triple negative).
Other: Nodal status
N-status (N0, N1).
|
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Breast cancer specific death [January 1, 1977 to December 31, 2014]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Death from any cause [January 1, 1977 to July 30, 2016]
- Metachronous breast cancer [January 1, 1977 to July 30, 2016]
Ipsilateral or contralateral breast cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
-
Female.
-
Operated for centimeter or subcentimeter breast cancer.
Exclusion Criteria:
-
Previous breast cancer.
-
Metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Karolinska Instiutet | Solna | Sweden | 17177 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Karolinska Institutet
- The Swedish Society of Medicine
- The Swedish Breast Cancer Association (BRO)
- Swedish Breast Cancer Group
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
More Information
Publications
None provided.- 365