Objective To explore therapeutic effect of endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients with negative hormone receptor (HR–) of primary lesion and positive HR (HR+) of metastatic axillary lymph node lesion. Methods Sixty-seven cases of breast cancer with HR– of primary lesion and HR+ of metastatic axillary lymph node lesion from January 2011 to January 2016 were selected. All the patients were randomly divided into endocrine therapy group (33 cases) and control group (34 cases). The patients were given the oral drug of tamoxifen on the basis of conventional chemotherapy in the endocrine therapy group after the surgery, 10 mg/time, twice daily, 5 years; while the patients in the control group were not given the oral drug of tamoxifen but the other therapy same as the endocrine therapy group. The survivals were compared in both groups. Results There were no significant differences in the age, menstrual condition, tumor diameter, preoperative TNM stage, and so on between the endocrine therapy group and the control group (P>0.05). All the patients were followed up for 12–60 months with a 48.5 months of median time. There were no significant differences in the rates of the local recurrence and metastasis, or death rate due to the recurrence and metastasis in both groups (P>0.05). The progression-free survival and overall survival in the endocrine therapy group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). The 5-year cumulative progression-free survival and overall survival in the endocrine therapy group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Pay attention to molecular classification of primary lesion and metastatic axillary lymph node lesion in patients with breast cancer, and endocrine therapy might be able to improve survival rate of breast cancer patients with primary lesion HR– and metastatic axillary lymph node lesion HR+.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence among Chinese patients with breast cancer. MethodsThe Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, EMbase, CINAHL, CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data and CBM were electronically searched to collect studies on adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence among Chinese patients with breast cancer from inception to September 2022. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then, meta-analysis was performed by using Stata 16.0 software. ResultsA total of 24 studies were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that: the overall adherence rate of adjuvant endocrine therapy in Chinese breast cancer patients was 55.0% (95%CI 0.44 to 0.65), and a 5-year adherence rate was 54.4% (95%CI 0.46 to 0.63). Subgroup analysis showed that patients with good disease awareness, high education level, high monthly household income, living in cities, effective family support, no adverse drug reactions, high convenience of seeking medical treatment, regular review, health education, no comorbidities, and changes in medication type might have higher compliance. ConclusionThe adherence rate of adjuvant endocrine therapy in breast cancer patients in China is low. Adherence varies between sociodemographic characteristics, treatment, and social support for breast cancer patients.
Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of different cyclin-dependent kinase4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i) combined with endocrine therapy (ET) for HR+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer based on mesh meta-analysis. Methods Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CDK4/6i in the treatment of HR+/HER2- metastatic/advanced breast cancer were searched in PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, and SinoMed databases from inception to August 2023. Bayesian network meta-analysis was performed by R 4.2.0 software. Results Finally, 18 RCTs in 25 articles, covering 8 031 patients, involving 11 treatment regimens were included. There were no statistical differences in progression-free survival (PFS) or overall survival (OS) between CDK4/6i+ET combinations. DAL+FUL ranked first in PFS rate, and RIB+FUL ranked first in OS rate. In terms of effectiveness, ABE+AI and ABE+FUL ranked first in objective response rate (ORR) and clinical benefit rate (CBR), respectively. In terms of safety, there were significant differences in grade 3-4 AEs and SAE among some CDK4/6i types (P<0.05). Conclusion Current evidence shows that CDK4/6i+ET is superior to ET alone in the treatment of HR+/HER2- advanced/metastatic breast cancer, and different combinations of CDK4/6i+ET have the same or similar effects, but the combination has a higher incidence of adverse reactions, and a reasonable treatment plan should be selected according to the individual situation of patients.