Is Ki-67 expression prognostic for local relapse in early-stage breast cancer patients treated with breast conservation therapy (BCT)?
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2013
Abstract
PURPOSE: Ki-67 is a human nuclear protein whose expression is strongly up-regulated in proliferating cells and can be used to determine the growth fraction in clonal cell populations. Although there are some data to suggest that Ki-67 overexpression may be prognostic for endpoints such as survival or postmastectomy recurrence, further elucidation of its prognostic significance is warranted. Specifically after breast conservation therapy (BCT) (defined in this setting as breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy), whether Ki-67 predicts for locoregional recurrence has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to assess Ki-67 expression in a cohort of early-stage breast cancer patients to determine whether a significant independent association between Ki-67 and locoregional relapse exists.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: Ki-67 staining was conducted on a tissue microarray of 438 patients previously treated with BCT, and expression was analyzed with clinicopathologic features and outcomes from our database.
RESULTS: Ki-67 expression was more prevalent in black patients (37% of black patients vs 17% of white patients, P50 years, P.05 for all.
CONCLUSIONS: Ki-67 appears to be a surrogate marker for aggressive disease and significantly correlates with known prognostic features such as age, race, hormone receptor status, and HER2 status but independently does not predict for locoregional outcomes after BCT when these other prognostic clinicopathologic features are taken into consideration. The independent associations of Ki-67 with race and age appear to be novel to our study.
Volume
87
Issue
2
First Page
344
Last Page
348
ISSN
1879-355X
Published In/Presented At
Khan, A. J., Parikh, R. R., Neboori, H. J., Goyal, S., Haffty, B. G., & Moran, M. S. (2013). The relative benefits of tamoxifen in older women with T1 early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy. The breast journal, 19(5), 490–495. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbj.12150
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Oncology
PubMedID
23910708
Department(s)
Department of Radiation Oncology
Document Type
Article