TY - JOUR
T1 - The prognostic significance of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MCB) - A case controlled comparison study with infiltrating ductal carcinoma
AU - Lai, Hung Wen
AU - Tseng, Ling Ming
AU - Chang, Tsai Wang
AU - Kuo, Yao Lung
AU - Hsieh, Chia Ming
AU - Chen, Shou Tung
AU - Kuo, Sou Jen
AU - Su, Chin Cheng
AU - Chen, Dar Ren
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Purpose: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MCB) is a rare histological subtype of breast cancer with an incidence of less than 0.1%-0.5%. Due to its rarity, the clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of MCB compared with other common breast cancers (like infiltrating ductal carcinoma [IDC], and infiltrating lobular carcinoma [ILC]) are not clear, and controversial among different reports. Methods: We performed a collective comparison study of multi-institutional cases to evaluate the clinical characteristics and prognostic status of MCB to compare with IDC and ILC. A case control analysis was performed to minimize the bias from clinicopathologic factors between IDC and MCB. Disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) between groups were compared. Results: Forty-five MCB patients were enrolled from the 4 medical centers and compared with 1777 IDC and 53 ILC patients from the CCH cancer registry database comprise the current study. Compared with IDC, MCB was associated with older age, larger tumor size, a lesser lymph node positive rate, a higher likelihood of distant metastasis, higher tumor grade, lower ER-positive tumor, and higher triple negative breast cancer subtype (TNBC). MCB was associated with worse OS ( p=0.031) than IDC, but no difference in DFS ( p=0.071); however, MCB was not statistically different from ILC in both DFS and OS ( p=0.289 and 0.132, respectively). Compared with the case-controlled IDC group, MCB patients had poorer OS ( p=0.040), but no difference in DFS ( p=0.439). Conclusion: MCB is associated with poorer OS than IDC, and this was related to tumor behavior rather than clinicopathologic factors.
AB - Purpose: Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast (MCB) is a rare histological subtype of breast cancer with an incidence of less than 0.1%-0.5%. Due to its rarity, the clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of MCB compared with other common breast cancers (like infiltrating ductal carcinoma [IDC], and infiltrating lobular carcinoma [ILC]) are not clear, and controversial among different reports. Methods: We performed a collective comparison study of multi-institutional cases to evaluate the clinical characteristics and prognostic status of MCB to compare with IDC and ILC. A case control analysis was performed to minimize the bias from clinicopathologic factors between IDC and MCB. Disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) between groups were compared. Results: Forty-five MCB patients were enrolled from the 4 medical centers and compared with 1777 IDC and 53 ILC patients from the CCH cancer registry database comprise the current study. Compared with IDC, MCB was associated with older age, larger tumor size, a lesser lymph node positive rate, a higher likelihood of distant metastasis, higher tumor grade, lower ER-positive tumor, and higher triple negative breast cancer subtype (TNBC). MCB was associated with worse OS ( p=0.031) than IDC, but no difference in DFS ( p=0.071); however, MCB was not statistically different from ILC in both DFS and OS ( p=0.289 and 0.132, respectively). Compared with the case-controlled IDC group, MCB patients had poorer OS ( p=0.040), but no difference in DFS ( p=0.439). Conclusion: MCB is associated with poorer OS than IDC, and this was related to tumor behavior rather than clinicopathologic factors.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.breast.2013.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.breast.2013.05.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 23787124
AN - SCOPUS:84884128675
SN - 0960-9776
VL - 22
SP - 968
EP - 973
JO - Breast
JF - Breast
IS - 5
ER -