Abstract
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Background: NACT is used for the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer. Evaluation of breast cancer subtypes and their responses to specific chemotherapy regimens is important. Methods: Retrospective review of medical records from University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital from 1998-2011. Complete pathologic response (pCR) was classified as absence of malignant tissue both in the breast and the lymph nodes in the surgical specimen. Results: One hundred ninety-one women with ER-positive breast cancer received platinum based NACT. Mean age was 52 years (range 31-83). One hundred eleven (58.1%) women were premenopausal and 80 (41.9%) postmenopausal. The clinical stage at presentation: IIA (6.3%), IIB (26.7%), IIIA (31.9%), IIIB (30.9%), IIIC (4.2%). Sixty one (31.9%) pts had her-2/neu positive tumors. pCR occurred in 17 patients (8.9%), premenopausal vs. postmenopausal (9.9% vs. 7.5%, p=0.56), white race vs. black (9.9% vs. 4.9%, p=0.32), Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic (9.4% vs. 6.8%, p=0.6), tumor size <=4 cm vs. >4 cm (14.7% vs. 7.6%, p=0.19), her-2/neu positive vs. her-2/neu negative (13.1% vs. 6.9%, p=0.16), T4 vs. T1-T3 (4.8% vs. 10.9%, p=0.19). Conclusions: pCR rates with platinum based NACT in pts with hormone receptor-positive tumors were low. The pCR rate did not appear to be influenced by her2/neu, tumor size, race, ethnicity or menopausal status.