1.Clinical Significance of Approximated Molecular Subtypes of Invasive Breast Cancer
Qirong GENG ; Donggeng LIU ; Yanxia SHI ; Jin XIANG ; Yue LU
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University(Medical Sciences) 2009;30(4):458-462,467
[Objective] To investigate the clinical significance of approximated molecular subtype.[Methods] Four different subtypes were defined by immunohistochemical (IHC) markers as estrogen receptor (ER),progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2.Clinical characteristics as distribution,age,menopausal status,histopathologic type and grading,tumor size,lymph node status,time to and place of first tumor recurrence were analyzed.[Results] Among all 703 cases,Luminal A was the majority (51.5%) and the least were Luminal B and HER2+.90.8% the patients were less than 59 years old with Luminal A.Different subtype has different histopathologic grading.Luminal A was more than others among grading 1 tumors and it has more T1 tumors,while T4 tumors was most among HER2+ ones.Lymph nodes metastasis has no significant difference between different groups,other than high proportion tendency of N3 stage in Luminal B and HER2+.In addition,Luminal A has the longest time to the first recurrence while HER2+ was the shortest.Moreover,HER2+ and Basal-like have high rates of lung metastasis.Different from foreign reports,the distribution of the first recurrent place and distant metastases have no significant difference.[Conclusion] The classification of breast cancer approximated molecular subtype defined by IHC markers was feasible.The distribution is similar to other countries.Luminal A has rather better clinical characteristics while HER2+ and Basal-like have high rates of lung metastasis.However,Luminal A has the highest proportion of young patients,which is different from other countries.
2.Preliminary observation of efficacy of MRC UKALL Ⅻ/ECOG E2993 regimen for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Jie LI ; Qirong GENG ; Guinan LIN ; Guobao WANG ; Xiaoqin CHEN ; Yue LV
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2009;18(8):466-468
Objective To observe the efficacy and adverse effects of MRC UKALL Ⅻ/ECOG E2993 regimen in inducing remission of Chinese adults with acute iymphoblastic leukemia(ALL). Methods 11 cases of previously untreated ALL patients were treated with MRC UKALL Ⅻ/ECOG E2993 regimen, then observe the efficacy and adverse effects. Results All of the 11 patients achieved complete rcmission(CR), the CR rate was 100 %. Among the 11 patients,8 patients achieved CR after the first course of chemotherapy. In the 8 patients which could be followed up, 5 patients achieved durative CR, among that the longest survival time was 30 months, and 3 patients had relapses. This regimen has a severe myelosuppression. There was an effect on liver function, mostly in the increase of glutamic-pyruvic transaminase and glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase.After the symptomatic treatment, liver function could return to normal. No treatment-related deaths occurred. Conclusion MRC UKALL Ⅻ/ECOG E2993 regimen can be used as inducing remission therapy for Chinese adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.