Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-19DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00108
Rathana Kim, Yves Chalandon, Philippe Rousselot, Jean-Michel Cayuela, Françoise Huguet, Marie Balsat, Marie Passet, Patrice Chevallier, Yosr Hicheri, Emmanuel Raffoux, Thibaut Leguay, Sylvain Chantepie, Sébastien Maury, Sandrine Hayette, Françoise Solly, Thorsten Braun, Bernard De Prijck, Victoria Cacheux, Celia Salanoubat, Laure Farnault, Isabelle Guibaud, Mathilde Lamarque, Lauris Gastaud, Emilie Lemasle, Eolia Brissot, Emmanuelle Tavernier, Karine Bilger, Alban Villate, Jean Soulier, Carlos Graux, Véronique Lhéritier, Hervé Dombret, Nicolas Boissel, Emmanuelle Clappier
Purpose: BCR::ABL1 quantification is widely regarded as the standard for monitoring measurable residual disease (MRD) in Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) ALL. However, recent evidence of BCR::ABL1 multilineage involvement questions the significance of BCR::ABL1 MRD. We aimed to define the prognostic role of MRD as assessed by BCR::ABL1 or lymphoid-specific immunoglobulin/T-cell receptor (IG/TR) gene markers.
Patients and methods: We conducted BCR::ABL1 and IG/TR quantification after each treatment cycle in 264 patients treated in the GRAAPH-2014 trial, which used four cycles of reduced-intensity chemotherapy with nilotinib, followed by hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT).
Results: Comparing BCR::ABL1 and IG/TR MRD revealed residual BCR::ABL1-positive non-ALL cells in 98 (43%) of 228 patients, defining multilineage Ph+ ALL. Despite poorer BCR::ABL1 responses, patients with multilineage Ph+ ALL had similar disease-free survival (DFS; hazard ratio [HR], 0.83 [95% CI, 0.49 to 1.41]; P = .50). Although BCR::ABL1 response failed to predict outcomes, IG/TR positivity (≥0.01%) was strongly associated with lower DFS (after cycle 2, HR, 2.49 [95% CI, 1.40 to 4.40]; P = .002; after cycle 4, HR, 4.13 [95% CI, 1.82 to 9.38]; P = .001). In multivariable analysis, both IG/TR positivity after cycle 2 and initial WBC count ≥30 × 109/L predicted poorer DFS, enabling to define a high-risk group having a 4-year DFS of 56.5% compared with 87.6% (HR, 3.72 [95% CI, 1.93 to 7.15]; P < .001). Moreover, allogeneic HSCT significantly improved DFS in the high-risk group (HR, 0.33 [95% CI, 0.18 to 0.60]; P < .001), whereas the standard-risk group had favorable outcomes regardless of allogeneic HSCT.
Conclusion: Our findings challenge the significance of BCR::ABL1 monitoring in adult Ph+ ALL and demonstrate the prognostic role of IG/TR MRD. This study provides a framework for using MRD to guide treatment strategies in adults with Ph+ ALL.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.02374
Danbee Kang, Juhee Cho, Di Zhao, Jeonghyun Kim, Nayeon Kim, Hoyoung Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Ji-Yeon Kim, Yeon Hee Park, Young Hyuck Im, Eliseo Guallar, Jin Seok Ahn
Purpose: Current studies of the efficacy of scalp cooling are limited by short-term duration. Therefore, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of scalp cooling in reducing persistent chemotherapy-induced alopecia (PCIA) 6 months after chemotherapy.
Methods: We conducted an open-label randomized controlled trial comparing scalp cooling versus control in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer stages I-III scheduled to receive neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy with curative intent between December 2020 and August 2021. Patients were randomly assigned (2:1 ratio) to scalp cooling or usual clinical practice. The primary outcome was PCIA 6 months after chemotherapy. Hair thickness and density were measured using Folliscope 5.0. CIA-related distress was assessed using the CIA distress scale (CADS), with a higher score reflecting higher stress.
Results: The proportion of patients with PCIA at 6 months was 13.5% (12/89) in the scalp-cooling group and 52.0% (26/50) in the control group. The average difference in the change in hair thickness from baseline between the scalp-cooling and control groups was 9.0 μm in favor of the intervention group. The average difference in the change in hair density between intervention and control at the end of the study was -3.3 hairs/cm2. At 6 months after chemotherapy, the average difference in the change in CADS score between the intervention and control groups was -3.2 points, reflecting reduced CIA-related stress in the intervention group.
Conclusion: Scalp cooling reduced the incidence of PCIA, primarily by increasing hair thickness compared with control. Scalp cooling is helpful in promoting qualitative hair regrowth. Yet, further research is necessary to observe longer-term benefits of scalp cooling.
{"title":"Scalp Cooling in Preventing Persistent Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Danbee Kang, Juhee Cho, Di Zhao, Jeonghyun Kim, Nayeon Kim, Hoyoung Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Ji-Yeon Kim, Yeon Hee Park, Young Hyuck Im, Eliseo Guallar, Jin Seok Ahn","doi":"10.1200/JCO.23.02374","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.23.02374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Current studies of the efficacy of scalp cooling are limited by short-term duration. Therefore, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of scalp cooling in reducing persistent chemotherapy-induced alopecia (PCIA) 6 months after chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an open-label randomized controlled trial comparing scalp cooling versus control in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer stages I-III scheduled to receive neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy with curative intent between December 2020 and August 2021. Patients were randomly assigned (2:1 ratio) to scalp cooling or usual clinical practice. The primary outcome was PCIA 6 months after chemotherapy. Hair thickness and density were measured using Folliscope 5.0. CIA-related distress was assessed using the CIA distress scale (CADS), with a higher score reflecting higher stress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The proportion of patients with PCIA at 6 months was 13.5% (12/89) in the scalp-cooling group and 52.0% (26/50) in the control group. The average difference in the change in hair thickness from baseline between the scalp-cooling and control groups was 9.0 μm in favor of the intervention group. The average difference in the change in hair density between intervention and control at the end of the study was -3.3 hairs/cm<sup>2</sup>. At 6 months after chemotherapy, the average difference in the change in CADS score between the intervention and control groups was -3.2 points, reflecting reduced CIA-related stress in the intervention group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Scalp cooling reduced the incidence of PCIA, primarily by increasing hair thickness compared with control. Scalp cooling is helpful in promoting qualitative hair regrowth. Yet, further research is necessary to observe longer-term benefits of scalp cooling.</p>","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141283854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-23DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.01099
Rafal Dziadziuszko, Witold Rzyman
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Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.02585
Freek R van 't Land, Marcella Willemsen, Koen Bezemer, Sjoerd H van der Burg, Thierry P P van den Bosch, Michail Doukas, Amine Fellah, P Martijn Kolijn, Anton W Langerak, Miranda Moskie, Elise van der Oost, Nina E M Rozendaal, Sara J Baart, Joachim G J V Aerts, Casper H J van Eijck
Purpose: Immunotherapies have shown limited responses in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Recently, we reported that dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy induced T-cell responses against pancreatic cancer antigens. The primary objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of DC-based immunotherapy to prevent recurrence of disease.
Methods: This was a single-center, open-label, single-arm, combined phase I/II trial. The primary end point was the 2-year recurrence-free survival (RFS) rate. A 2-year RFS rate of ≥60% was defined as a clinically meaningful improvement. We included patients with pancreatic cancer after resection and completion of standard-of-care (SOC) treatment without recurrent disease on cross-sectional imaging. Patients were treated with autologous DCs pulsed with an allogeneic mesothelioma tumor cell lysate, comprising antigens also expressed in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Results: Thirty-eight patients were included in the analysis of the primary end point (47% male, 53% female). The median age was 62 years (IQR, 55-68). Twenty-eight patients (74%) received five DC vaccinations and completed the study protocol. Three patients (8%) received four vaccinations, and seven patients (16%) received three vaccinations. After a median follow-up of 25.5 months, 26 patients (68%) had not developed recurrence of disease. The estimated 2-year RFS was 64%. Vaccination led to the enrichment of circulating activated CD4+ T cells and the detection of treatment-induced immune responses in vitro. T-cell receptor-sequencing analyses of a resected solitary lung metastasis showed influx of vaccine-specific T cells.
Conclusion: This study reached its primary end point of a 2-year RFS rate of ≥60% following pancreatectomy after SOC treatment and adjuvant DC-based immunotherapy in patients with pancreatic cancer. These results warrant a future randomized trial.
目的:免疫疗法对晚期胰腺癌患者的反应有限。最近,我们报道了基于树突状细胞(DC)的免疫疗法可诱导针对胰腺癌抗原的 T 细胞反应。本研究的主要目的是确定基于树突状细胞的免疫疗法对预防疾病复发的疗效:这是一项单中心、开放标签、单臂、I/II期联合试验。主要终点是2年无复发生存率(RFS)。2年无复发生存率≥60%被定义为有临床意义的改善。我们纳入了切除并完成标准治疗(SOC)且横断面成像无复发疾病的胰腺癌患者。用异体间皮瘤肿瘤细胞裂解液脉冲自体DCs治疗患者,该细胞裂解液含有胰腺导管腺癌也表达的抗原:38名患者参与了主要终点分析(47%为男性,53%为女性)。中位年龄为 62 岁(IQR,55-68)。28名患者(74%)接受了五次直流电疫苗接种并完成了研究方案。三名患者(8%)接种了四次疫苗,七名患者(16%)接种了三次疫苗。在中位随访 25.5 个月后,26 名患者(68%)没有复发。估计两年的RFS为64%。接种疫苗可使循环活化的 CD4+ T 细胞富集,并在体外检测到治疗诱导的免疫反应。对切除的单发肺转移灶进行的T细胞受体测序分析显示,疫苗特异性T细胞大量涌入:这项研究达到了主要终点,即胰腺癌患者在接受SOC治疗和基于DC的辅助免疫疗法后,胰腺切除术后2年RFS率≥60%。这些结果为今后的随机试验提供了依据。
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Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00846
Ashwin Somasundaram, Jen Jen Yeh
{"title":"Future of Dendritic Cell-Based Approaches in Pancreatic Cancer.","authors":"Ashwin Somasundaram, Jen Jen Yeh","doi":"10.1200/JCO.24.00846","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.24.00846","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11377165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141590388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.02054
Tomoko Akaike, Manisha Thakuria, Ann W Silk, Daniel S Hippe, Song Youn Park, Naomi A So, Nolan J Maloney, Lindsay Gunnell, Alec Eschholz, Emily Y Kim, Sumi Sinha, Evan Thomas Hall, Shailender Bhatia, Sunil Reddy, Angel Augusto Rodriguez, Alexey Aleshin, Jacob S Choi, Kenneth Y Tsai, Sue S Yom, Siegrid S Yu, Jaehyuk Choi, Sunandana Chandra, Paul Nghiem, Lisa C Zaba
Purpose: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer with a 40% recurrence rate, lacking effective prognostic biomarkers and surveillance methods. This prospective, multicenter, observational study aimed to evaluate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a biomarker for detecting MCC recurrence.
Methods: Plasma samples, clinical data, and imaging results were collected from 319 patients. A tumor-informed ctDNA assay was used for analysis. Patients were divided into discovery (167 patients) and validation (152 patients) cohorts. Diagnostic performance, including sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV), was assessed.
Results: ctDNA showed high sensitivity, 95% (discovery; 95% CI, 87 to 99) and 94% (validation; 95% CI, 85 to 98), for detecting disease at enrollment, with corresponding specificities of 90% (95% CI, 82 to 95) and 86% (95% CI, 77 to 93). A positive ctDNA during surveillance indicated increased recurrence risk, with hazard ratios (HRs) of 6.8 (discovery; 95% CI, 2.9 to 16) and 20 (validation; 95% CI, 8.3 to 50). The PPV for clinical recurrence at 1 year after a positive ctDNA test was 69% (discovery; 95% CI, 32 to 91) and 94% (validation; 95% CI, 71 to 100), respectively. The NPV at 135 days after a negative ctDNA test was 94% (discovery; 95% CI, 90 to 97) and 93% (validation; 95% CI, 89 to 97), respectively. Patients positive for ctDNA within 4 months after treatment had higher rates of recurrence, with 1-year rates of 74% versus 21% (adjusted HR, 7.4 [95% CI, 2.7 to 20]).
Conclusion: ctDNA testing exhibited high prognostic accuracy in detecting MCC recurrence, suggesting its potential to reduce frequent surveillance imaging. ctDNA also identifies high-risk patients who need more frequent imaging and may be best suited for adjuvant therapy trials.
{"title":"Circulating Tumor DNA Assay Detects Merkel Cell Carcinoma Recurrence, Disease Progression, and Minimal Residual Disease: Surveillance and Prognostic Implications.","authors":"Tomoko Akaike, Manisha Thakuria, Ann W Silk, Daniel S Hippe, Song Youn Park, Naomi A So, Nolan J Maloney, Lindsay Gunnell, Alec Eschholz, Emily Y Kim, Sumi Sinha, Evan Thomas Hall, Shailender Bhatia, Sunil Reddy, Angel Augusto Rodriguez, Alexey Aleshin, Jacob S Choi, Kenneth Y Tsai, Sue S Yom, Siegrid S Yu, Jaehyuk Choi, Sunandana Chandra, Paul Nghiem, Lisa C Zaba","doi":"10.1200/JCO.23.02054","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.23.02054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer with a 40% recurrence rate, lacking effective prognostic biomarkers and surveillance methods. This prospective, multicenter, observational study aimed to evaluate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) as a biomarker for detecting MCC recurrence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Plasma samples, clinical data, and imaging results were collected from 319 patients. A tumor-informed ctDNA assay was used for analysis. Patients were divided into discovery (167 patients) and validation (152 patients) cohorts. Diagnostic performance, including sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV), was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ctDNA showed high sensitivity, 95% (discovery; 95% CI, 87 to 99) and 94% (validation; 95% CI, 85 to 98), for detecting disease at enrollment, with corresponding specificities of 90% (95% CI, 82 to 95) and 86% (95% CI, 77 to 93). A positive ctDNA during surveillance indicated increased recurrence risk, with hazard ratios (HRs) of 6.8 (discovery; 95% CI, 2.9 to 16) and 20 (validation; 95% CI, 8.3 to 50). The PPV for clinical recurrence at 1 year after a positive ctDNA test was 69% (discovery; 95% CI, 32 to 91) and 94% (validation; 95% CI, 71 to 100), respectively. The NPV at 135 days after a negative ctDNA test was 94% (discovery; 95% CI, 90 to 97) and 93% (validation; 95% CI, 89 to 97), respectively. Patients positive for ctDNA within 4 months after treatment had higher rates of recurrence, with 1-year rates of 74% versus 21% (adjusted HR, 7.4 [95% CI, 2.7 to 20]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>ctDNA testing exhibited high prognostic accuracy in detecting MCC recurrence, suggesting its potential to reduce frequent surveillance imaging. ctDNA also identifies high-risk patients who need more frequent imaging and may be best suited for adjuvant therapy trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11379364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-06-27DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00509
Steven Sorscher
{"title":"Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer Screening.","authors":"Steven Sorscher","doi":"10.1200/JCO.24.00509","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.24.00509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141468363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-08DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00922
Mariana Chávez-Villa, Luis I Ruffolo, Matthew Byrne, Pål-Dag Line, Svein Dueland, Koji Tomiyama, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro
{"title":"Reply to A. Jain et al.","authors":"Mariana Chávez-Villa, Luis I Ruffolo, Matthew Byrne, Pål-Dag Line, Svein Dueland, Koji Tomiyama, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro","doi":"10.1200/JCO.24.00922","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.24.00922","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141558865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00178
Alexios Matikas, Volker Möbus, Richard Greil, Anne Andersson, Günther G Steger, Michael Untch, Tommy Fornander, Per Malmström, Sabine Schmatloch, Hemming Johansson, Mats Hellström, Yvonne Brandberg, Michael Gnant, Sibylle Loibl, Theodoros Foukakis, Jonas Bergh
Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Updates provide an opportunity to disseminate additional results from studies, published in JCO or elsewhere, for which the primary end point has already been reported.Although dose-dense adjuvant chemotherapy administered once every 2 weeks leads to superior outcomes compared with standard regimens once every 3 weeks, the observed improvement is largely limited to studies using the suboptimal paclitaxel schedule once every 3 weeks as control. PANTHER is an international phase III trial which compared sequential epirubicin/cyclophosphamide and docetaxel administered either once every 2 or once every 3 weeks, with tailored dosing at the dose-dense schedule according to hematologic toxicity. In this end-of-study analysis, the median follow-up was 10.3 years. Compared with standard adjuvant chemotherapy, dose-dense treatment improved breast cancer recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.80 [95% CI, 0.65 to 0.98]; P = .030), event-free survival (HR, 0.78 [95% CI, 0.65 to 0.94]; P = .009), and distant disease-free survival (HR, 0.79 [95% CI, 0.64 to 0.98]; P = .030) while the improvement in overall survival was not statistically significant (HR, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.65 to 1.04]; P = .109). To our knowledge, this is the first trial that confirms the benefit of a dose-dense regimen over a control regimen containing docetaxel once every 3 weeks.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-10Epub Date: 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1200/JCO.24.00122
Steven J Katz, Paul Abrahamse, Allison Furgal, Rachel Hodan, Rachel S Tocco, Kevin C Ward, Ann S Hamilton, Lauren P Wallner, Allison W Kurian
Purpose: To examine receipt of genetic testing and communication with relatives about results into survivorship after diagnosis of breast cancer.
Methods: Women age 20-79 years diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2014-2015 and reported to the Georgia and Los Angeles County SEER registries were surveyed approximately 7 months and 6 years after diagnosis (n = 1,412). We asked about genetic counseling, testing, and communication with relatives about results. We categorized women into indications for testing on the basis of clinical guidelines at the time of diagnosis and at the time of the follow-up survey (FUPs).
Results: A total of 47.4% had indications for genetic testing at any time: 28.0% at baseline and an additional 19.4% at the time of the FUPs (only); 71.9% (95% CI, 67.4 to 76.4) of those with a baseline indication reported genetic testing versus 53.3% (95% CI, 47.3 to 59.2) with an indication at FUPs only and 35.0% (95% CI, 31.6 to 38.4) with no indication (P < .001). There were no significant racial or ethnic differences in receipt of testing, controlling for age and clinical indications (P = .239); results for genetic counseling were similar. Only 3.4% of survivors had direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCt) for cancer. Testers who reported a pathogenic variant (n = 62) were much more likely to have talked to most or all their first-degree adult relatives about genetic testing than those with a variant of unknown significance (n = 49) or a negative finding (n = 419): 62.7% versus 38.8% and 38.0%, respectively (P < .001).
Conclusion: Many women with indications for genetic counseling and testing into survivorship do not receive it. But those tested reach out to family members on the basis of the clinical relevance of their results. Very few patients obtained DTCt, which suggests that these tests do not substitute for clinical testing in breast cancer survivors.
{"title":"Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Family Communication Into Survivorship After Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.","authors":"Steven J Katz, Paul Abrahamse, Allison Furgal, Rachel Hodan, Rachel S Tocco, Kevin C Ward, Ann S Hamilton, Lauren P Wallner, Allison W Kurian","doi":"10.1200/JCO.24.00122","DOIUrl":"10.1200/JCO.24.00122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To examine receipt of genetic testing and communication with relatives about results into survivorship after diagnosis of breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Women age 20-79 years diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2014-2015 and reported to the Georgia and Los Angeles County SEER registries were surveyed approximately 7 months and 6 years after diagnosis (n = 1,412). We asked about genetic counseling, testing, and communication with relatives about results. We categorized women into indications for testing on the basis of clinical guidelines at the time of diagnosis and at the time of the follow-up survey (FUPs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 47.4% had indications for genetic testing at any time: 28.0% at baseline and an additional 19.4% at the time of the FUPs (only); 71.9% (95% CI, 67.4 to 76.4) of those with a baseline indication reported genetic testing versus 53.3% (95% CI, 47.3 to 59.2) with an indication at FUPs only and 35.0% (95% CI, 31.6 to 38.4) with no indication (<i>P</i> < .001). There were no significant racial or ethnic differences in receipt of testing, controlling for age and clinical indications (<i>P</i> = .239); results for genetic counseling were similar. Only 3.4% of survivors had direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCt) for cancer. Testers who reported a pathogenic variant (n = 62) were much more likely to have talked to most or all their first-degree adult relatives about genetic testing than those with a variant of unknown significance (n = 49) or a negative finding (n = 419): 62.7% versus 38.8% and 38.0%, respectively (<i>P</i> < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Many women with indications for genetic counseling and testing into survivorship do not receive it. But those tested reach out to family members on the basis of the clinical relevance of their results. Very few patients obtained DTCt, which suggests that these tests do not substitute for clinical testing in breast cancer survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":15384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":42.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11377164/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141620034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}