彩色多普勒超声对乳腺癌新辅助化疗疗效的评价

目的探讨彩色多普勒超声对评价乳腺癌新辅助化疗疗效的价值。方法48例患者51处病灶在新辅助化疗前后分别对原发灶及腋下淋巴结进行观察。以化疗前彩超体积测量比手术前肿瘤体积缩小>50%为化疗有效,分析化疗有效与化疗无效肿瘤在新辅助化疗前后原发灶内血流分级及Vmax、RI值的变化。结果36处乳腺癌化疗有效;其原发灶内血流信号分级降低或血流消失;Vmax、RI值降低(P<0.01);化疗前发现异常淋巴结共40例,化疗后有34例缩小或消失,30例血流丰富程度明显降低或消失。结论彩色多普勒超声是对乳腺癌新辅助化疗进行疗效评价的客观而有效的检测工具,其Vmax、RI值可作为潜在预测乳腺癌新辅助化疗疗效的敏感指标。     

The use of neoadjuvant CMF to avoid mastectomy.

AIMS: Large operable cancers have traditionally been treated surgically by mastectomy. More recently centres have investigated the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to allow breast-conserving surgery. Between 1991 and 1995, a prospective study into the response of large operable breast cancers to CMF neoadjuvant chemotherapy was performed. METHODS: Patients with cancers requiring mastectomy, and with or without clinically involved non-fixed lymph nodes, were offered neoadjuvant CMF chemotherapy. Patients declining neoadjuvant treatment underwent mastectomy and appropriate axillary surgery. Clinical response was assessed after two cycles in the neoadjuvant group. Subsequent surgical or non-surgical management was planned after this. RESULTS: Thirty-eight patients were suitable for neoadjuvant treatment. Twenty-two underwent two cycles of CMF and were then reassessed. Seventy-three per cent achieved a response [three (14%) complete remission, 13 (60%) partial remission]. Fifteen (68%) patients avoided mastectomy, with six (27%) requiring no surgery at all with no clinically detectable residual disease. Sixteen (42%) declined neoadjuvant chemotherapy and opted for immediate mastectomy, seven of whom accepted chemotherapy post-operatively. After 3 years' follow-up there is no statistical difference in local recurrence, distant recurrence or overall survival. CONCLUSION: Approximately 40% of patients offered neoadjuvant chemotherapy will demand prompt surgical treatment but will consider the use of adjuvant chemotherapy post-operatively. Sixty-eight per cent of patients receiving neoadjuvant CMF will successfully avoid mastectomy.     

Recurrence rates after DCE-MRI image guided planning for breast-conserving surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer patients.

BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant therapy results in a significant increase in breast-conserving surgery. However, traditional imaging methods are unable to accurately predict the extent of viable residual disease leading to uncertainty in surgical planning and some previous studies have shown a disproportionately high incidence of locoregional recurrence. Dynamic contrast enhanced-MRI (DCE-MRI) has been shown to provide a potentially more accurate prediction of residual disease. RESULTS: Patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in our unit are staged with the DCE-MRI of the breast performed at 1.5 T before, during and after treatment and the final result was used to plan surgery. Two hundred and four patients with breast cancer were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy between 1996 and April 2005. Eighteen of these patients had distant metastases at the time of initial diagnosis and so were excluded from the present study. Following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 186 patients underwent surgical treatment. Of these, 68 patients had breast-conserving surgery. At a median follow up of 30 months (range: 5.6-72 months) 21 patients in this group developed subsequent recurrence (21/68 - 30%) of whom 9 (9/68 - 13%) had locoregional recurrence, 7 had local recurrence (7/68 - 10%), and 17 (17/68 - 25%) had distant recurrence. Logistic regression analysis revealed only vascular invasion (p=0.006) of the tumour to be significantly associated with overall recurrence. None of the pathological factors (ER, PR status, vascular invasion, lymph node metastases, pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy) showed a significant association with locoregional recurrence. CONCLUSION: Breast-conserving surgery with DCE-MRI planning after neoadjuvant chemotherapy provides an acceptable level of local recurrence without the need for mastectomy.     

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy of breast cancer: a surgical perspective

Neoadjuvant treatment with chemotherapy or endocrine agents is being used increasingly to downstage locally advanced and large operable breast cancers. Following these treatments, inoperable breast cancer often becomes fully resectable, and initially operable tumours requiring mastectomy may be successfully removed by breast-conserving surgery. Patient selection is important to optimise neoadjuvant endocrine therapy: only patients with oestrogen receptor (ER)-rich breast cancer are candidates, and postmenopausal women are likely to benefit the most. Such patients can expect a high probability of responses over a 3-month treatment period. Response to therapy should be monitored by clinical examination as well as by ultrasound, mammography, or other imaging procedures. Third-generation aromatase inhibitors (letrozole, anastrozole and exemestane) are more effective than tamoxifen in this treatment setting. In a large randomised trial of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women, letrozole achieved significantly higher response rates than tamoxifen, and a correspondingly higher rate of breast-conserving surgery was possible in the letrozole-treated patients. There is some evidence to suggest that the nature of the tumour response is different for preoperative endocrine therapy compared with chemotherapy. This difference may result in a higher rate of complete tumour excisions following breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant endocrine treatment. There appears to be a low rate of subsequent local recurrence in patients having breast-conserving therapy after neoadjuvant endocrine therapy.     

Early changes in functional dynamic magnetic resonance imaging predict for pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast cancer

PURPOSE: Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) allows noninvasive, in vivo measurements of tissue microvessel perfusion and permeability. We examined whether DCE-MRI done after two cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy could predict final clinical and pathologic response in primary breast cancers. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Thirty-seven patients with primary breast cancer, due to receive six cycles of neoadjuvant 5-fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy, were examined using DCE-MRI before neoadjuvant chemotherapy and after two cycles of treatment. Changes in DCE-MRI kinetic parameters (K(trans), k(ep), v(e), MaxGd, rBV, rBF, MTT) were correlated with the final clinical and pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Test-retest variability was used to determine individual patient response. RESULTS: Twenty-eight patients were evaluable for response (19 clinical responders and 9 nonresponders; 11 pathologic responders and 17 nonresponders). Changes in the DCE-MRI kinetic parameters K(trans), k(ep), MaxGd, rBV, and rBF were significantly correlated with both final clinical and pathologic response (P < 0.01). Change in K(trans) was the best predictor of pathologic nonresponse (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.93; sensitivity, 94%; specificity, 82%), correctly identifying 94% of nonresponders and 73% of responders. Change in MRI-derived tumor size did not predict for pathologic response. CONCLUSION: Changes in breast tumor microvessel functionality as depicted by DCE-MRI early on after starting anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy can predict final clinical and pathologic response. The ability to identify nonresponders early may allow the selection of patients who may benefit from a therapy change.     

The Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on Local-Regional Treatment of Breast Cancer

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) is the standard of care for patients with locally advanced breast cancer and a reasonable alternative to adjuvant chemotherapy for those with large operable disease. Potential clinical advantages with neoadjuvant chemotherapy include the conversion of some patients requiring mastectomy to candidates for breast conserving surgery, the potential for down-staging axillary nodes, and thus, reducing the extent of axillary surgery and the ability to correlate clinical and pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with improved long-term outcomes. Several unique local-regional therapy issues have emerged in patients who are candidates for NC. These relate to the appropriate surgical management of primary breast tumors and axillary lymph nodes as well as the optimal use of radiotherapy in this setting. Additional important issues include the accurate assessment of the location and extent of the primary breast tumor and axillary nodes before, during and after NC since this affects the execution and outcomes of local-regional therapy. In the years to come, the development of more active neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens and novel molecular and imaging techniques, will undoubtedly lead to further individualization of breast cancer local-regional management.     

新辅助化疗在局部进展期乳腺癌保乳治疗中的临床价值*

目的:探讨局部进展期乳腺癌在新辅助化疗后保乳治疗的可行性。方法:选取1996年1 月~2006年12月经病理组织学检查确诊的局部进展期乳腺癌522 例,随机分为新辅助化疗组和对照组。新辅助化疗组给予FEC 或TEC 方案化疗4~6 个周期后进行影像学再评估,满足保乳条件者实施保乳手术,不满足保乳条件者实施全乳房切除术;对照组均实施全乳房切除术。分析新辅助化疗的有效率及其对局部进展期乳腺癌手术方式以及保乳手术后的局部复发率、远处转移率、总生存率、无瘤生存率及美容效果等的影响。结果:新辅助化疗组总有效率89.19%（231/259）,经影像学再评估82.20%（217/264）的患者达到保乳条件,实际实施保乳手术85例,保乳治疗者乳房外观满意率92.94% 。经67.4 个月（36～166 个月）的随访,其局部复发率、远处转移率、总生存率及无瘤生存率分别为7.06%（6/85）、10.59%（9/85）、85.88%（73/85）、78.82%（67/85）,与新辅助化疗后满足保乳条件行全乳房切除术的患者及对照组患者比较差异无统计学意义。结论:局部进展期乳腺癌在新辅助化疗后实施保乳治疗是可行的,影像学和病理学检查是选择恰当术式的必要依据。      

Neoadjuvant taxanes in the treatment of non-metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review

In recent years the role of neoadjuvant (primary, preoperative) chemotherapy has undergone rapid progress. Initially, neoadjuvant chemotherapy use was limited to those patients with inoperable locally advanced breast cancer in an attempt to try to down-size the tumour to make effective surgery possible. The advent of more effective chemotherapy regimens has led to an increased use of neoadjuvant therapy to shrink potentially operable tumours to allow for breast conservation when a mastectomy would have been required previously. While neoadjuvant treatment for operable tumours has indeed allowed increased rates of breast conserving surgery, it has not yet demonstrated any survival benefit over standard postoperative anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Echoing the evolution of taxane based chemotherapy from the metastatic setting through to the adjuvant situation, there has been increased interest in the role of taxanes in neoadjuvant regimens. The use of taxane-based therapies in this setting has so far shown improvements over more standard regimens in terms of clinical response rates, breast conservation, pathologic response rates, disease free survival, and overall survival. The aim of this review is to systematically summarize and interpret the results of published randomized controlled trials of neoadjuvant taxane chemotherapy for women with non-metastatic breast cancer.     

定量动态增强磁共振评估乳腺癌新辅助化疗疗效的应用研究

背景与目的：乳腺癌的新辅助化疗(neoadjuvant chemotherapy, NAC)已成为成熟的治疗方法,但疗效评估尚未有统一有效的方法。该研究即探讨定量动态增强磁共振在乳腺癌NAC疗效评估中的价值。方法：24例术前行NAC的乳腺癌确诊患者(24例均为浸润性导管癌),分别于NAC前、第2个疗程后、化疗结束但术前3个时间点行定量动态增强磁共振检查,分析NAC前后肿瘤最长径及动态增强磁共振定量参数：容量转移常数(Ktrans)、速率常数(Kep)、血管外细胞外间隙容积比(Ve)的变化。结果：24例患者均为单侧单发乳腺癌病灶,以RECIST标准分为有效组(17个)和无效组(7个),有效组与无效组Ktrans、Kep在NAC前与第2个疗程、化疗前与化疗结束差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05),Ve在有效组与无效组治疗前后差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论：定量动态增强磁共振可用来评估NAC疗效,并且Ktrans、Kep可做到定量,使评估结果更为客观真实,但Ve对判断治疗效果未见明显优势。     

Using MRI to plan breast-conserving surgery following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to monitor the response of patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer with the aim of undergoing breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Patients were prospectively recruited to undergo MRI as well as conventional methods of clinical examination, mammography (MM) and ultrasonography (USS) and response was assessed by each of these methods. Thirty-two patients with primary breast cancer were recruited. Magnetic resonance imaging correlation with histopathological size (r=0.71) was superior to USS (r=0.65) and to MM where tumour size was not measurable following chemotherapy in 71% of patients. Magnetic resonance imaging had 87.5% sensitivity (95% CI=68-97%) and 50% specificity (95% CI=16-84%) for a PPV (positive predictive value) of 99.8% and NPV (negative predictive value) of 80% for the detection of residual invasive cancer. Magnetic resonance imaging displayed 80% sensitivity (95% CI=28.4-99.5%) and 89% specificity (95% CI=71-98%) to detect pathological pCR in the breast. Eighty-four per cent of recruited patients were identified as potentially suitable candidates for BCS following chemotherapy and of those choosing to accept BCS, breast conservation was achieved in 90.5%, or 65.6% of all patients. Of those who proceeded to BCS, 9.5% required a re-do mastectomy because of positive margins; however, no residual tumour was found on histological examination of mastectomy specimens. Magnetic resonance imaging appears to be superior to conventional methods for assessing pathological response and the low rate of re-operation for positive margins indicates a valuable role in aiding the decision to undergo BCS or mastectomy.     

Breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy for large breast tumors

BACKGROUND: Randomized trials comparing neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy show that primary chemotherapy allows more frequent breast-preserving surgery even though no survival advantage has been demonstrated. The aim of the current study was to determine the predicting factors and the survival impact of breast conservation in patients with large breast tumors treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: Between January 1987 and December 2001, 594 patients with invasive T2-3 breast carcinoma who were ineligible for breast-conserving surgery (the mean initial tumor diameter was 49 mm) were treated with 3 or 4 courses of an anthracycline-based primary chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy. Various clinicopathologic factors were tested as possible predicting factors of breast-preserving surgery. Survival analyses were performed to determine the implications of breast-conserving surgery on outcome. RESULTS: After primary chemotherapy, 287 (48%) patients were eligible for breast-conserving surgery and 307 patients underwent a mastectomy. Initial tumor diameter > 5 cm, low histologic grade, lobular histology, and multicentricity were independent predicting factors of breast conservation ineligibility in the multivariate analysis (logistic regression). In the univariate survival analysis, a failure of breast-preserving surgery was associated with a poor outcome. Local disease recurrence-free survival rates were similar in patients treated with lumpectomy and mastectomy. CONCLUSIONS: The results reported in the current study suggested that initial diameter, histologic type and grade, and multicentricity are potential prechemotherapy predicting factors of breast conservation. When carefully selected, patients treated with breast conservation had a risk of local disease recurrence similar to the risk of chest wall disease recurrence after mastectomy.     

Application of neoadjuvant chemoendocrine therapy for operable breast carcinomas

The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in primary breast cancer is based on sound theoretical, experimental and clinical principles. Higher objective response rates have been seen in patients with locally advanced breast carcinoma. Furthermore, when used in patients with operable breast carcinomas, sufficient downstaging has been achieved to allow for breast conservation surgery in patients who would otherwise require a mastectomy. This has been achieved without an increase in local recurrence. The anthracenedione mitoxantrone was used as part of the 3M/2M regimen in the neoadjuvant trial at the Royal Marsden Hospital, which was the first to establish within the setting of a clinical trial, the reduction in mastectomy requirements. This regimen combined high objective response rate with low symptomatic toxicity. An important benefit of neoadjuvant therapy is the opportunity to study in vivo the effects of treatment in primary breast carcinomas. The use of the primary tumour as a marker of response prior to surgery may, in the future, allow for the optimization of therapy for individual patients.     

Neoadjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer: opportunities to assess tumour response

Primary, preoperative, or neoadjuvant chemotherapy was introduced in the early 1970s as part of an integrated therapeutic approach to treat inoperable locally advanced breast cancer. The approach resulted in high responses, and sufficient downstaging to allow mastectomy in some patients. In addition, a small number of pathological complete responders were reported. Gradually, the idea of preoperative chemotherapy was extended to include patients with large but operable early-stage breast cancer, with the possibility in some cases of downstaging the primary tumour to avoid mastectomy, and to allow breast-conserving surgery to be done. This approach allows the tumour to be used as a measure of treatment response in vivo. More recently, the possibility has opened up for neoadjuvant chemotherapy to provide information on the use of clinical, pathological, and molecular endpoints, which can be used as surrogate markers to predict long-term outcome in the adjuvant setting. In addition, the anatomical accessibility of the breast provides the potential for serial biopsies to investigate molecular changes during treatment.     

Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in lobular and ductal breast carcinomas: a retrospective study on 860 patients from one institution.

BACKGROUND: We compared the impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on pathologic response and outcome in operable invasive lobular breast carcinoma (ILC) and invasive ductal breast carcinoma (IDC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We extracted from our database all patients with pure invasive lobular (n=118, 14%) or pure invasive ductal carcinomas (n=742, 86%). Their treatment included neoadjuvant chemotherapy, adapted surgery, radiotherapy and adjuvant hormonal treatment. RESULTS: Compared with IDC, ILC presented with larger tumors (T3: 38.1% versus 21.4%, P=0.0007), more N0 nodes status (55.9% versus 43.3%, P=0.01), less inflammatory tumors (5.9% versus 11.8%, P=0.01), more hormone receptor positivity (65.5% versus 38.8%), lower histological grade (P<0.0001). Final surgery was a mastectomy in 70% of patients with ILC (34% were reoperated after initial partial mastectomy) and in 52% of IDC after 8% of reoperation (P=0.006). A pathological complete response (pCR) was achieved in 1% of ILC and 9% of IDC (P=0.002). The outcome at 60 months was significantly better for ILC, but histologic type was not an independent factor for survival in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS: ILC appeared less responsive to chemotherapy but presented a better outcome than IDC. While new information on biological features of ILC is needed, we consider that neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in hormone receptor-positive ILC may be a more adapted approach than neoadjuvant chemotherapy.     

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in inoperable, locally advanced, and inflammatory breast carcinoma: a pilot study of MTT assay in vitro and outcome analysis of 10 patients

Patients with inoperable, locally advanced, and inflammatory breast carcinoma (LAIBC), whether with supraclavicular lymph nodes (SLN) or not (stage IIIB and IV), usually carry an overall poor prognosis. The current treatment for these patients is by means of combined modality, including preoperative chemotherapy. This strategy has led to a substantial improvement in clinical response, making some patients operable, and even making breast conservative surgery possible. However, the long-term results still are not promising. The aim of this pilot study was to determine the efficacy of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay in vitro in directing chemotherapy (including preoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy) for these patients. Between June 1994 and March 1997, 10 patients with inoperable LAIBC, whether with SLN or not, were enrolled. During the period of the combined therapy modalities, the neoadjuvant chemotherapy was adopted for three cycles according to the results of chemosensitivity in vitro by MTT assay. Then a modified radical or radical mastectomy was performed, which was followed by radiotherapy and further postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with the same regimen as that of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. All patients had been followed up from the beginning of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to the end of October 1999. Two patients had clinical complete response (CRs), with one having pathologic CR in both breast tumor and axillary lymph node, and the other having pathologic CR in axillary lymph node. The other eight patients had partial response. By the time of analysis, six patients had been dead of relapse or progression. Among the four patients who were still alive, one had local relapse, one had distant metastatic disease, and the other two had no evident disease. By retrieving from MEDLINE before 1999, the authors learned that this is the first pilot study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for inoperable LAIBC using MTT assay to predict the chemosensitivity in vitro. Compared with conventional chemotherapy, the clinical response and long-term results seem to be more encouraging.     

Docetaxel and cisplatin as primary chemotherapy for treatment of locally advanced breast cancers

A phase II trial was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of docetaxel/cisplatin as primary or neoadjuvant chemotherapy of locally advanced breast carcinoma (LABC). Patients with newly diagnosed breast cancers > or = 5 cm in size by palpation were treated with docetaxel/cisplatin, both at 70 mg/m2 intravenously every 21 days for 4 courses. Upon completion of chemotherapy, all patients underwent modified radical mastectomy with axillary nodal dissection. Pathologic complete response (pCR) was defined as absence of any invasive carcinoma in the breast. Standard AC (doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide) at 60 mg/m2 and 600 mg/m2, respectively, for 4 cycles was given as adjuvant therapy to maximally eradicate occult distant disease. Between March 1998 and October 2001, 57 women were entered onto this trial, 28 (49%) with inoperable T4 and inflammatory cancers. Pretreatment median tumor size was 9 cm. Thirty-six patients (63%) had estrogen receptor-positive tumors and 10 patients (18%) had tumors with HER2 overexpression. All tumors became operable after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Pathologic complete response in the breast was achieved in 15 patients (26%) and pCR in the breast and the axilla was achieved in 11 patients (20%). All neoadjuvant chemotherapy courses were administered at full doses without treatment delays caused by toxicity. The most common side effects were hyperglycemia, anemia, and mild neuropathy. The results of this study suggest that the docetaxel/cisplatin combination can be an effective and well-tolerated induction treatment of LABC, even in very large mostly HER2-nonoverexpressing tumors.     

Evaluation of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast.

AIMS: This study aimed to examine the feasibility of utilizing dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) of the breast for the planning of surgical intervention following neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). METHODS: Following their neoadjuvant therapy, women with LABC were followed-up by DCE-MRI in addition to clinical examination and mammography. If any modality suggested residual disease, surgery was carried out--initially salvage mastectomy and then breast-conserving surgery where appropriate. RESULTS: Seventeen women were recruited: stage III (n=16), stage IV (n=1) mean age 55 (range 34-74). Following neoadjuvant therapy, 10 mastectomies and two local excisions were performed for 10 histologically confirmed residual cancers. Median follow-up for those women not undergoing surgery is 3.24 (IQR 2.8-3.5) years. DCE-MRI proved 100% accurate for the delineation of residual disease and facilitated the planning of the local excisions. Clinical examination and mammography proved inaccurate (PPV 83% and 75% and NPV 55% and 80%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: DCE-MRI is a potentially accurate method of delineating residual tumour following neoadjuvant therapy for LABC and may be used to plan appropriate operative intervention where required.     

乳腺癌新辅助化疗86例临床观察

目的：观察乳腺癌新辅助化疗的临床效果,并探讨其临床价值。方法：2004年6月-2007年2月收治乳腺癌患者86例,予以新辅助化疗（rIThpC方案）,即：多西紫杉醇（艾素）100mg,d1;吡柔比星60mg,d1;环磷酰胺0．8g,d1。21d为1周期,2—5个周期后观察客观有效率、病理缓解率及新辅助化疗前后免疫组化指标的变化。结果：新辅助化疗后临床完全缓解（cCR）者19例,占22．09％,部分缓解（cPR）者51例,占59．30％,病情稳定（SD）者16例,占18．60％,无疾病进展（PD）患者;病理学完全缓解（pCR）者7例,占8．14％。21例患者新辅助化疗后的ER、PR、C-erbB-2的阳性表达率均低于新辅助化疗前,但未达到统计学差异（P〉0．05）。结论：乳腺癌新辅助化疗可以有效的缩小肿瘤,降低肿瘤分期,提高行改良根治术及保乳术几率,逆转可能存在的全身转移,为化疗方案提供药敏依据;新辅助化疗可使乳腺癌患者ER、PR、C-erbB-2的阳性表达降低,临床应根据术前免疫组化结果制定相关术后辅助治疗方案,才可能使患者有更大的获益。     

Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer: A review of the literature

The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer remains controversial. Here we review the current use of breast MRI and the impact of MRI on short‐term surgical outcomes and rates of local recurrence. In addition, we address the use of MRI in specific patient populations, such as those with ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive lobular carcinoma, and occult primary breast cancer, and discuss the potential role of MRI for assessing response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Although MRI has improved sensitivity compared with conventional imaging, this has not translated into improved short‐term surgical outcomes or long‐term patient benefit, such as improved local control or survival, in any patient population. MRI is an important diagnostic test in the evaluation of patients presenting with occult primary breast cancer and has shown promise in monitoring response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy; however, the data do not support the routine use of perioperative MRI in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Cancer 2014;120:120:2080–2089. © 2014 American Cancer Society.     

Detection of interval distant metastases: clinical utility of integrated CT-PET imaging in patients with esophageal carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy

BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to determine the utility of integrated computed tomography / positron emission tomography (CT-PET) imaging for detecting interval distant metastases and assessing therapeutic response in patients with locally advanced, potentially resectable esophageal carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed of 88 patients with potentially resectable esophageal carcinoma who received neoadjuvant therapy before planned surgical resection. CT-PET before and after completion of neoadjuvant was used for evaluating therapeutic response; response criteria were based on qualitative and semiquantitative analyses. RESULTS: Neoadjuvant therapy comprised chemoradiotherapy in 85 patients, with prior induction chemotherapy in 39 patients. Fifty-five patients proceeded to esophagectomy. Repeat CT-PET was performed after induction chemotherapy (n = 23) and after completing chemoradiotherapy (n = 85). CT-PET identified the interval appearance of metastatic disease in 7 (8%) patients. For assessment of locoregional therapeutic response, CT-PET was unable to predict pathological response to neoadjuvant therapy in the primary tumor or locoregional lymph nodes. CT-PET had sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of 57%, 46%, 39%, and 64%, respectively, for detection of residual macroscopic malignancy within the primary tumor; and sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of 0%, 90%, 0%, and 69% for detection of residual malignancy within resected lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: CT-PET performed after neoadjuvant therapy in patients with potentially resectable esophageal carcinoma is important for detecting interval metastases that preclude surgical resection, but is of limited utility for assessing locoregional therapeutic response.