Would a low genomic MammaPrint score deter you from offering adjuvant chemotherapy to a premenopausal woman with HR+ pT3N0 breast cancer?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Our current guidelines indicate that premenopausal patients with LN-negative breast cancer and low risk by genomic expression profile need not receive chemotherapy. In this patient, I would discuss the available data and, if she agrees, proceed with endocrine therapy to include ovarian suppression, ...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
The MINDACT trial only included 11.6% T3 patients. And in MINDACT’s updated analysis, in women ≤50 years old with high clinical risk, there was about a 5% absolute difference in DMFS at 8 years, favoring chemotherapy even if they have low genomic risk. Of course, there is debate about wheth...