Re-Examination of Tumor Material and Re-Evaluation of Patient Data From Patients Treated With Neo-adjuvant Therapy

Tumor material collected from patients who received neoadjuvant therapy either with four cycles of doxorubicin 60 mg/m² plus pemetrexed 500 mg/m² on day 1 every 21 days followed by four cycles of docetaxel 100 mg/m² on day 1 every 21 days or four cycles of doxorubicin 60 mg/m² plus cyclophosphamide 600 mg/m² on day 1 every 21 days followed by four cycles of docetaxel 100 mg/m² on day 1 every 21 days will be re-analyzed with the MammaTyper Kit. The Kit is an in-vitro molecular diagnostic test for molecular subtyping of breast cancers into Luminal A & B, HER2 and Triple negative. It allows quantitative detection of the RNA expression status of the genes for estrogen receptor (ESR1), PgR, HER2 and Ki-67 on the basis of their mRNA present in the samples. This prospective diagnostic study will investigate the subtyping-results of the MammaTyper™ analysis and will compare them to the subtyping of the former immunohistochemical analysis performed. Based on the MammaTyper™-subtypes the efficiency of the therapy regimen and the outcome will be re-evaluated from the patient data.

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 18-70 years with histologically confirmed primary invasive breast cancer stages T2-T4/N0-N2/M0 with a tumor size of ≥ 2 cm as measured by ultrasound
• The patient provides a written informed consent for analysis of tumor material

Exclusion criteria

• Prior anticancer therapy with an anthracycline or other prior antitumor therapy for breast cancer
• Inflammatory or exulcerating breast cancer
• A second primary malignancy [except carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the cervix or adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer] unless diagnosed and treated ≥ 5 years ago with no evidence of recurrence
• Any serious concomitant systemic disorder