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Annals of Oncology Advance Access originally published online on June 20, 2008
Annals of Oncology 2008 19(11):1847-1852; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn395
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

breast cancer

Platinum-based chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer

B. Sirohi{dagger}, M. Arnedos, S. Popat, S. Ashley, A. Nerurkar, G. Walsh, S. Johnston and I. E. Smith*

Breast Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London

* Correspondence to: Prof. I. E. Smith, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ, UK. Tel: +44-20-7808-2751; Fax: +44-20-7352-5441; E-mail: ian.smith{at}rmh.nhs.uk

Background: Experimental data suggest that triple-negative (TN) breast cancer may have increased sensitivity to platinum-based chemotherapy but clinical data are limited. We present our long-term results with platinum-based chemotherapy for TN breast cancer.

Patients and methods: In all, 94 (17 TN), 79 (11 TN) and 155 (34 TN) patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy in neo-adjuvant/adjuvant and advanced setting were included. Response rates and outcome were compared for TN tumours versus others.

Results: Neo-adjuvant complete response rates were significantly higher for TN tumours (88%) than others (51%; P = 0.005). The 5-year overall survival (OS) for TN tumours following adjuvant/neo-adjuvant chemotherapy was 64% [95% confidence interval (CI) 44% to 79%] compared with 85% (95% CI 79% to 90%) for others. Five-year disease-free survival for TN tumours was 57% (95% CI 37% to 73%) compared with 72% (95% CI 64% to 78%) for others. For patients with advanced breast cancer, overall response rates were 41% for TN tumours and 31% for others (P = 0.3). Patients with TN tumours had a significantly prolonged progression-free survival of 6 months compared with 4 months for others (P = 0.05), though the OS was not significantly different between the two groups (11 versus 7 months).

Conclusion: Platinum-based chemotherapy achieves increased response rates for TN tumours, with a trend towards worse survival in early breast cancer through an improved survival in advanced disease. Prospective randomised trials are warranted.

Key words: breast cancer, early and advanced, platinum chemotherapy, triple-negative

{dagger} Current address: Oncology Centre, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

Received for publication January 8, 2008. Accepted for publication May 21, 2008.


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