Adjuvant treatment with trastuzumab of patients with HER2-positive, T1a-bN0M0 breast tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Abstract

The benefit of adjuvant trastuzumab treatment in patients with HER2-positive breast tumors ≤10mm without lymph node involvement (T1abN0) is insufficiently investigated. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine if adjuvant trastuzumab improves the prognosis in these patients. Databases were searched to identify interventional and observational studies evaluating the effect of trastuzumab on breast cancer specific survival (BCSS), disease free survival (DFS), distant recurrence free survival (DRFS), overall survival (OS) or recurrence free survival (RFS). Twelve studies examining the effect of trastuzumab and nine control studies without trastuzumab were identified (n = 6,927). Median follow-up was 36-123 months. Significantly improved DFS (Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.14, p<0.0001) and OS (HR 0.17, p=0.011) were found for patients receiving trastuzumab and chemotherapy compared to no trastuzumab/chemotherapy based on four and two studies. The prognosis was good even for patients without trastuzumab treatment: 5-year DFS 88.3% and 5-year OS 95.9%.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103952
JournalCritical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
Volume184
ISSN1040-8428
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023

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