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- Title
p27<sup>Kip1</sup> and Cyclin E Expression and Breast Cancer Survival After Treatment With Adjuvant Chemotherapy.
- Authors
Porter, Peggy L.; Barlow, William E.; I-Tien Yeh; Ming Gang Lin; Yuan, Xiaopu P.; Donato, Elizabeth; Sledge, George W.; Shapiro, Charles L.; Ingle, James N.; Haskell, Charles M.; Albain, Kathy S.; Roberts, James M.; Livingston, Robert B.; Hayes, Daniel F.
- Abstract
Background: Abnormal expression of the cell cycle regulatory proteins p27Kip1 (p27) and cyclin E may be associated with breast cancer survival and relapse. We studied these markers in a clinical trial setting with patients with breast cancer treated by a uniform drug regimen so that treatment was not associated with variability in outcome. Methods: We used tissue microarrays to evaluate the expression of p27 and cyclin E proteins by immunohistochemistry in tumor tissue from 2123 (68%) of 3122 patients with moderate-risk primary breast cancer who were enrolled in Southwest Oncology Group-Intergroup Trial S9313, in which patients were assigned to receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide administered concurrently (n = 1595) or sequentially (n = 1527). Disease-free and overall survival were equivalent in the two arms. Expression of the proteins was rated on a scale of 1-7, and the median value was used as the cut point. Log-rank tests and Cox regression analyses were used to assess associations with survival. Overall survival was defined as time to death from all causes; disease-free survival was defined as time to recurrence or death. All P values were from two-sided statistical tests. Results: Lower p27 expression was associated with worse overall survival (unadjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 1.50, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.21 to 1.86) and disease-free survival (unadjusted HR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.10 to 1.57) than higher p27 expression. Among hormone receptor-positive patients, lower p27 expression was associated with worse overall survival (HR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.05 to 1.94) and worse disease- free survival (HR = 1.27, 95% CI = 0.99 to 1.63) than higher p27 expression after adjustment for treatment, menopausal status, tumor size, and number of positive lymph nodes. Among these patients, 5-year overall survival associated with higher p27 expression (0.91, 95% CI = 0.89 to 0.93) was similar to that associated with lower p27 expression (0.85, 95% CI = 0.82 to 0.87). No association between p27 expression and survival was found in hormone receptor-negative patients. Cyclin E expression was not statistically significantly associated with overall survival (HR = 1.12, 95% CI = 0.91 to 1.38) or disease-free survival (HR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.92 to 1.29). Conclusions: Low p27 expression appears to be associated with poor prognosis, especially among patients with steroid receptor-positive tumors.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer; DRUG therapy; CLINICAL trials; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEINS
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006, Vol 98, Issue 23, p1723
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djj467