Prognosis, stage and oestrogen receptor status of contralateral breast cancer in relation to characteristics of the first tumour, prior endocrine treatment and radiotherapy.Alkner, Sara; Ehinger, Anna; Bendahl, Pär-Ola; Rydén, Lisa; Fernö, Mårten Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Alkner, S., Ehinger, A., Bendahl, P-O., Rydén, L., & Fernö, M. (2015). Prognosis, stage and oestrogen receptor status of contralateral breast cancer in relation to characteristics of the first tumour, prior endocrine treatment and radiotherapy. European Journal of Cancer, 51(16), 2304 -2313 . DOI: 10.1016 /j.ejca.2015 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal
Role of the Funding Sources:None of the funding sources had any impact on study design; the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for publication.3 Abstract Aim: A contralateral breast cancer (CBC) is today treated as an independent primary tumor, although recent data suggest risk and prognosis of CBC to be influenced by characteristics of and treatment given for the first tumor (BC1). We hereby investigate phenotypical and prognostic features of the second tumor (BC2) in relation to prior endocrine treatment and radiotherapy.Methods: From a well-defined population-based cohort of CBC-patients, we have constructed a unique tissue-microarray including 600 pairs of primary tumors and CBCs.Breast cancer mortality was primary end-point for prognosis.
Results: Both estrogen receptor (ER) status and stage was strongly correlated between BC1and BC2 within CBC-pairs. Although BC2 had the highest prognostic impact, BC1 continued to influence prognosis after diagnosis of CBC. Patients diagnosed with two high stage tumors within a short time-interval had a particularly bad prognosis. Prior endocrine therapy and radiotherapy both correlated to ER-negativity of BC2. An ER-negative BC2 was associated with an inferior prognosis compared to an ER-positive BC2 regardless of ER-status of BC1 or prior endocrine therapy.
Conclusions:Our results suggest that both the residual prognostic impact of BC1, the possibility of contralateral metastasis, as well as prior treatment given, need to be considered when determining appropriate diagnostic work-up and treatment of CBC. In addition, radiation to the contralateral breast and risk of inducing CBC with an aggressive ER-negative phenotype should be considered when establishing new radiation treatm...