Affiliation:
1. UMC Utrecht: Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
2. IKNL: Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland
3. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care: Julius Centrum voor Gezondheidswetenschappen en Eerstelijns Geneeskunde
Abstract
Abstract
Purpose The aim of this study was to compare characteristics and survival of patients with de novo and metachronous metastatic breast cancer.Methods Data of patients with metastatic breast cancer were obtained from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Patients were categorized as having de novo metastatic breast cancer (n=8,656) if they had distant metastases at initial presentation, or metachronous metastatic disease (n= 2,374) in case they developed metastases within 5 or 10 years after initial breast cancer diagnosis. Clinicopathological characteristics and treatments of these two groups were compared, after which multiple imputation was performed to account for missing data. Overall survival was compared for patients treated with systemic therapy in the metastatic setting, using Kaplan Meier curves and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. The hazard ratio for overall survival of de novo versus metachronous metastases was assessed accounting for time-varying effects. Results Compared to metachronous patients, patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer were more likely to be ≥70 years, to have invasive lobular carcinoma, clinical T3 or T4 tumours, loco-regional lymphnode metastases, HER2 positivity, bone only disease and to have received systemic therapy in the metastatic setting. They were less likely to have triple negative tumours and liver or brain metastases. Patients with de novo metastases survived longer (median 34.7 months) than patients with metachronous metastases (median 24.3 months) and the hazard ratio (0.75) varied over time.Conclusions Differences in clinicopathological characteristics and survival between de novo and metachronous metastatic breast cancer highlight that these are distinct patients groups.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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