J Breast Cancer.
2020 Apr;23(2):182-193. 10.4048/jbc.2020.23.e28.
Prognostic Role of Androgen Receptor Expression in Surgically Resected Early Breast Cancer Patients
- Yang Y
1,2,3 - Min A1,4
- Lee KH1,5
- Ryu HS1,6
- Kim TY1,5
- Woo Gu2,5
- Suh KJ2,7
- Lee DW1,2,5
- Lee HB1,8
- Moon HG1,8
- Han W1,8
- Park IA1,6
- Noh DY1,7
- Im SA1,4,5
- Affiliations
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- 1Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 2Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
- 4Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- 5Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 6Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
- 8Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2500154
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2020.23.e28
Abstract
- Purpose
Endocrine therapy is a standard treatment for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, which accounts for 60%–75% of all breast cancer. Hormone receptor positivity is a prognostic and predictive biomarker in breast cancer. Approximately 50%–80% of breast cancer is also positive for androgen receptor (AR), but the prognostic and predictive value of AR expression in breast cancer is controversial. Here, we investigated AR expression and its prognostic value in patients with surgically resected breast cancer in Korea.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who had surgically resected breast cancer to collect AR expression data and other clinicopathological data. The optimal cut-off for AR positivity was determined using a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.
Results
We reviewed 957 patients with surgically resected breast cancer from June 2012 to April 2013. The median follow-up was 62 months, and relapse events occurred in 101 (10.6%) patients. Unlike the cut-off value of 1% or 10% in previous reports, 35% was determined to be best for predicting relapse-free survival (RFS) in this study. At the cut-off value of 35%, 654 (68.4%) patients were AR-positive. AR expression was more prevalent in luminal A (87.6%) and luminal B (73.1%) types than in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (56.2%) or triple-negative (20.6%) types. AR expression of ≥ 35% was significantly related to longer RFS in a multivariate analysis (hazard ratio, 0.430; 95% confidence interval, 0.260–0.709; p = 0.001).
Conclusion
We propose a cut-off value of 35% to best predict RFS in patients with surgically resected breast cancer. AR expression was positive in 68.4% of patients, and AR positivity was found to be an independent prognostic factor for longer RFS.
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