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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 3/2017

22.12.2016 | Epidemiology

An Antiestrogenic Activity Score for tamoxifen and its metabolites is associated with breast cancer outcome

verfasst von: A. H. M. de Vries Schultink, X. Alexi, E. van Werkhoven, L. Madlensky, L. Natarajan, S. W. Flatt, W. Zwart, S. C. Linn, B. A. Parker, A. H. B. Wu, J. P. Pierce, A. D. R. Huitema, J. H. Beijnen

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Ausgabe 3/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Endoxifen concentrations have been associated with breast cancer recurrence in tamoxifen-treated patients. However, tamoxifen itself and other metabolites also show antiestrogenic anti-tumor activity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive Antiestrogenic Activity Score (AAS), which accounts for concentration and antiestrogenic activity of tamoxifen and three metabolites. An association between the AAS and recurrence-free survival was investigated and compared to a previously published threshold for endoxifen concentrations of 5.97 ng/mL.

Patients and methods

The antiestrogenic activities of tamoxifen, (Z)-endoxifen, (Z)-4-hydroxytamoxifen, and N-desmethyltamoxifen were determined in a cell proliferation assay. The AAS was determined by calculating the sum of each metabolite concentration multiplied by an IC50 ratio, relative to tamoxifen. The AAS was calculated for 1370 patients with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα)-positive breast cancer. An association between AAS and recurrence was investigated using Cox regression and compared with the 5.97 ng/mL endoxifen threshold using concordance indices.

Results

An AAS threshold of 1798 was associated with recurrence-free survival, hazard ratio (HR) 0.67 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.47–0.96), bias corrected after bootstrap HR 0.69 (95% CI 0.48–0.99). The concordance indices for AAS and endoxifen did not significantly differ; however, using the AAS threshold instead of endoxifen led to different dose recommendations for 5.2% of the patients.

Conclusions

Endoxifen concentrations can serve as a proxy for the antiestrogenic effect of tamoxifen and metabolites. However, for the aggregate effect of tamoxifen and three metabolites, defined by an integrative algorithm, a trend towards improving treatment is seen and moreover, is significantly associated with breast cancer recurrence.
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Metadaten
Titel
An Antiestrogenic Activity Score for tamoxifen and its metabolites is associated with breast cancer outcome
verfasst von
A. H. M. de Vries Schultink
X. Alexi
E. van Werkhoven
L. Madlensky
L. Natarajan
S. W. Flatt
W. Zwart
S. C. Linn
B. A. Parker
A. H. B. Wu
J. P. Pierce
A. D. R. Huitema
J. H. Beijnen
Publikationsdatum
22.12.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Ausgabe 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-016-4083-6

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