Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Therapy with Platinum-Based Agents for Patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Germline Mutations – A Retrospective Analysis of Breast Cancer Patients Treated at MMCI Brno

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Authors: Miloš Holánek ¹; Ondřej Bílek ¹; Rudof Nenutil ^2,3; Tomáš Kazda ⁴; Iveta Selingerová ³; Mária Zvaríková ¹; Markéta Palácová ¹; Marta Krásenská ¹; Rostislav Vyzula ^1,3; Katarína Petráková ^1,3
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika komplexní onkologické péče, LF MU a Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno 2 Oddělení klinické patologie, Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno 3 RECAMO, Masarykův onkologický ústav, Brno 4 Klinika radiační onkologie, LF MU a Masarykův onkologický ústav, B ¹
Published in: Klin Onkol 2019; 32(Supplementum2): 31-35
Category: Original Articles
doi: https://doi.org/10.14735/amko2019S31

Overview

Background: Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with a high risk of developing breast cancer. Tumors arising from this mutation are expected to be more sensitive to platinum-based drugs. The role of platinum-based drugs in systemic neoadjuvant BRCA1/2 breast cancer therapy, and its efficacy in increasing the probability of pathological complete remission (pCR) are discussed repeatedly; however, there are no clear recommendations.

Patients and methods: We retrospectively evaluated the contribution of a platinum-based antineoplastic drug to the achievement of pCR in a set of patients with BRCA1/2 mutant breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy from 2010 to 2017. The response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy was evaluated by a pathologist using definitive surgical specimens. A pCR was defined as a condition in which complete invasive breast cancer, and (eventually) positive lymph nodes, had disappeared.

Results: Of 76 patients (median age, 39 years; 62% with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC); 70% with BRCA1 positivity), 37 were treated with platinum-based drugs. More patients treated with platinum derivatives achieved pCR (57% vs. 23%, p = 0.005). Patients treated in a neoadjuvant setting with platinum-based antineoplastic drugs had a 4.4× greater chance of achieving pCR than those not treated with platinum, assuming the same tumor phenotype (TNBC or SR+/HER2−).

Conclusion: Neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with a BRCA1/2 mutation is associated with a higher probability of achieving pCR, which is important for subsequent prognosis. This treatment should be considered particularly for patients with BRCA1 mutation and a TNBC phenotype.

This work was supported by grant of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic – Conceptual.

Development of a Reaserch Organization (MMCI 00209805). This work was supported by grant of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic (NPU I – LO1413).

The authors declare they have no potential confl icts of interest concerning drugs, products, or services used in the study.

The Editorial Board declares that the manuscript met the ICMJE recommendation for biomedical papers.

Submitted: 21. 3. 2019

Accepted: 14. 5. 2019

Keywords:

breast cancer – genes, BRCA1 – genes, BRCA2 – neoadjuvant therapy – cisplatin – carboplatin – pathologic complete response

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