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- Title
Locally advanced breast cancers are more likely to present as Interval Cancers: results from the I-SPY 1 TRIAL (CALGB 150007/150012, ACRIN 6657, InterSPORE Trial).
- Authors
Lin, Cheryl; Buxton, Meredith Becker; Moore, Dan; Krontiras, Helen; Carey, Lisa; DeMichele, Angela; Montgomery, Leslie; Tripathy, Debasish; Lehman, Constance; Liu, Minetta; Olapade, Olufunmilayo; Yau, Christina; Berry, Donald; Esserman, Laura J; I-SPY TRIAL Investigators
- Abstract
Interval cancers (ICs), defined as cancers detected between regular screening mammograms, have been shown to be of higher grade, larger size, and associated with lower survival, compared with screen-detected cancers (SDCs) and comprise 17% of cancers from population-based screening programs. We sought to determine the frequency of ICs in a study of locally advanced breast cancers, the I-SPY 1 TRIAL. Screening was defined as having a mammogram with 2 years, and the proportion of ICs at 1 and 2 years was calculated for screened patients. Differences in clinical characteristics for ICs versus SDCs and screened versus non-screened cancers were assessed. For the 219 evaluable women, mean tumor size was 6.8 cm. Overall, 80% of women were over 40 and eligible for screening; however, only 31% were getting screened. Among women screened, 85% were ICs, with 68% diagnosed within 1 year of a previously normal mammogram. ICs were of higher grade (49% vs. 10%) than SDCs. Among non-screened women, 28% (43/152) were younger than the recommended screening age of 40. Of the entire cohort, 12% of cancers were mammographically occult (MO); the frequency of MO cancers did not differ between screened (11%) and non-screened (15%). ICs were common in the I-SPY 1 TRIAL suggesting the potential need for new approaches beyond traditional screening to reduce mortality in women who present with larger palpable cancers.
- Publication
Breast cancer research and treatment, 2012, Vol 132, Issue 3, p871
- ISSN
1573-7217
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10549-011-1670-4