In our study, we observed the long-term survival outcomes investigated for HER2-0 and HER2-low-positive breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Between 1998 and 2020, 10,333 patients with primary breast cancer were treated, including 1373 patients with HER2-0 or HER2-low-positive disease with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Descriptive analyses were performed, and logistic regression models and survival analyses were calculated for disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). Among the 1373 patients, 930 (67.73%) had HER2-low-positive and 443 (32.27%) had HER2-0 tumors. Patients with HER2-0 tumors had a significantly better pathological complete response, 29.25% vs. 20.09%, and pathological complete response/in situ, 31.97% vs. 24.08%, than patients with HER2-low-positive tumors (p< 0.001;p= 0.003), regardless of the hormone receptor (HR) status. No statistically significant differences were observed for the HR-positive (p= 0.315;p= 0.43) or HR-negative subgroups (p= 0.573;p= 0.931). DFS and OS were significantly longer for HR-positive, HER2-low-positive patients (log-rankp= 0.02;p= 0.012). OS was significantly longer for HR-negative, HER2-0 patients (log-rankp= 0.032). No significant DFS differences were found for the HR-negative cohort (log-rankp= 0.232). For the overall cohort, no significant differences were noted between HER2-low-positive and HER2-0 patients, either for DFS (log-rankp= 0.220) or OS (log-rankp= 0.403). These results show different survival outcomes for HER2-0 and HER2-low-positive tumors relative to HR status. These different cohorts can be identified using standardized immunohistochemistry, even retrospectively.
本研究观察了接受新辅助化疗的HER2-0与HER2低表达乳腺癌患者的长期生存结局。1998年至2020年间共治疗10,333例原发性乳腺癌患者,其中包含1,373例接受新辅助化疗的HER2-0或HER2低表达患者。研究进行了描述性分析,并采用逻辑回归模型和生存分析法计算无病生存期(DFS)与总生存期(OS)。在1,373例患者中,HER2低表达型930例(67.73%),HER2-0型443例(32.27%)。无论激素受体(HR)状态如何,HER2-0型患者均显示出显著更优的病理完全缓解率(29.25% vs. 20.09%)及病理完全缓解/原位癌缓解率(31.97% vs. 24.08%)(p<0.001;p=0.003)。在HR阳性亚组(p=0.315;p=0.43)或HR阴性亚组(p=0.573;p=0.931)中未观察到统计学显著差异。HR阳性/HER2低表达患者的DFS与OS显著延长(时序检验p=0.02;p=0.012),而HR阴性/HER2-0患者的OS显著延长(时序检验p=0.032)。HR阴性队列的DFS未见显著差异(时序检验p=0.232)。在整个队列中,HER2低表达与HER2-0患者在DFS(时序检验p=0.220)和OS(时序检验p=0.403)方面均无显著差异。这些结果表明,HER2-0与HER2低表达肿瘤的生存结局因HR状态而异。通过标准化免疫组化检测可识别这些不同亚群,甚至可进行回顾性分析。