Current practice and surgical outcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer: UK NeST study

Hiba Fatayer, Rachel L. O’Connell, Finian Bannon, Charlotte E. Coles, Ellen Copson, Ramsey I. Cutress, Rajiv V. Dave, Matthew D. Gardiner, Margaret Grayson, Christopher Holcombe, Sheeba Irshad, Gareth W. Irwin, Ciara O’Brien, Carlo Palmieri, Abeer M. Shaaban, Nisha Sharma, Jagdeep K. Singh, Ian Whitehead, Shelley Potter, Stuart A. McIntosh*H. Curry, E. Iddles, M. Mahmood, Y. Masannat, J. Schneider, L. Simpson, M. Sidapra, L. Baker, H. Capitelli-McMahon, M. Hughes, A. Isaac, B. Skelly, C. Sirianni, N. Hirst, R. Linforth, A. Botes, T. Robinson, T. Schrire, J. Alfred, H. Lennon, D. Dumitru, E. Kleidi, F. Hoar, E. MacInnes, K. Sharma, T. Alaguthurai, N. Chand, C. A. Farulla, A. Hayward, B. Pearce, NeST Study Research Collaborative

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Abstract

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) is increasingly being used to treat early breast cancer, and offers several advantages, including reducing the extent of breast and axillary surgery, and providing an in vivo assessment of tumour sensitivity to treatment1–4. Clinical trials have identified tumour subgroups with high rates of pCR. A pCR can be achieved in 45–90 per cent of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) tumours and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), but the rate in oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+)/HER2-negative (HER2–) breast cancer remains below 10 per cent3,5. Historically, increasing pCR rates following NACT have not translated into more breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but more recent data suggest that NACT can result in surgical downstaging6.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)800-803
Number of pages4
JournalBritish Journal of Surgery
Volume109
Issue number9
Early online date11 May 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2022
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This work was funded by a grant from the Association of Breast Surgery

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