Abstract 28P
Background
With the advent of taxanes and targeted agents in neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for breast cancer, the rates of pathologic complete response (pCR) have been steadily increasing. One of the roles of surgery in these women is to serve the purpose of a biopsy to confirm or negate a pCR.
Methods
We conducted a prospective validation study. Women who had undergone a titanium clip placement followed by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), and achieved a complete/near complete clinical and radiological response were included. Eligible women underwent an MRI of the breast followed by a US guided core biopsy (CNB) of the tumour bed. The CNB was compared with the final histopathology report after definitive surgery.
Results
65 patients were recruited in this study, of whom 75% had T1/2 tumours and 39 women had hormone negative tumours. The overall rate of pCR in the breast (BrpCR) was 42%. Among women with BrpCR, only one patient had residual disease in the axilla (macrometastasis). The mean number of CNB of the tumour bed after NACT was 4. The accuracy of CNB in predicting BrpCR was 69%, with a false negative rate (FNR) of 14.8%. In a pre-planned sub-group analysis of hormone negative tumours, the FNR was 9.5%. No untoward side effects were observed in any of the patients.
Conclusions
Ultrasound guided CNB of the tumor bed was useful in predicting BrpCR, especially in hormone negative tumours, with an FNR of 9.5%. Increasing the number of cores in the biopsy or changing the imaging modality could help in improving the accuracy of this method.
Clinical trial identification
CTRI/2018/01/011122.
Editorial acknowledgement
Legal entity responsible for the study
The authors.
Funding
Hyderabad Cancer Foundation.
Disclosure
All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
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