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June 21, 2023

Individualizing Breast Cancer Surveillance According to Tumor Subtype

Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
  • 2Department of Radiology, Division of Breast Imaging, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
  • 3Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
JAMA Surg. 2023;158(8):853. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2158

Breast cancer includes a biologically diverse group of tumors that exhibit different metastatic potential and sites and carry different prognoses. The association of breast cancer biologic subtype with locoregional recurrence is underreported. In a retrospective single-institution study by Cheun and colleagues1 of 16 462 patients treated from 2000 to 2018, there were significant differences in ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR), regional recurrence (RR), and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) events among the following 4 subtypes: hormone receptor (HR)+/ERBB2+, HR+/ERBB2−, HR−/ERBB2+, and HR−/ERBB2−. The highest IBTR incidence was in HR−/ERBB2+ tumors, followed by HR−/ERBB2− tumors, peaking at 2 and 9 years after surgery. The highest annual RR was also in HR−/ERBB2− tumors but with a peak at 1 year after surgery, followed by HR−/ERBB2+ and both HR+ subtypes. Annual CBC rates gradually increased for all subtypes, with the HR−/ERBB2− subtype showing the highest rate.

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