Matthew J Ellis, Vera J Suman, Jeremy Hoog, Rodrigo Goncalves, Souzan Sanati, Chad J Creighton, Katherine DeSchryver, Erika Crouch, Amy Brink, Mark Watson, Jingqin Luo, Yu Tao, Michael Barnes, Mitchell Dowsett, G Thomas Budd, Eric Winer, Paula Silverman, Laura Esserman, Lisa Carey, Cynthia X Ma, Gary Unzeitig, Timothy Pluard, Pat Whitworth, Gildy Babiera, J Michael Guenther, Zoneddy Dayao, David Ota, Marilyn Leitch, John A Olson, D Craig Allred, Kelly Hunt
Purpose To determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate in estrogen receptor (ER) -positive primary breast cancer triaged to chemotherapy when the protein encoded by the MKI67 gene (Ki67) level was > 10% after 2 to 4 weeks of neoadjuvant aromatase inhibitor (AI) therapy. A second objective was to examine risk of relapse using the Ki67-based Preoperative Endocrine Prognostic Index (PEPI). Methods The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z1031A trial enrolled postmenopausal women with stage II or III ER-positive (Allred score, 6 to 8) breast cancer whose treatment was randomly assigned to neoadjuvant AI therapy with anastrozole, exemestane, or letrozole...
April 1, 2017: Journal of Clinical Oncology