The oncotype DX recurrence score is correlated with a composite index including routinely reported pathobiologic features

Cancer Invest. 2010 Nov;28(9):969-77. doi: 10.3109/07357907.2010.512600.

Abstract

In a series of 177 breast carcinomas, we found that the Oncotype DX Recurrence Score (RS) was correlated with six pathobiologic features: estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status, and the three components of the Nottingham tumor grade. The RS also correlated with a composite index (the Breast Cancer Prognostic Score or BCPS) comprising the same six parameters. Categorical concordance was 56% and 66% using conventional and TAILORx cutoffs, respectively. Our data show that a composite prognostic index can be constructed from routinely reported breast tumor features that captures much of the information provided by the Oncotype assay at no added cost.

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Prognosis
  • Receptor, ErbB-2 / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Estrogen / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Progesterone / metabolism*
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Receptors, Progesterone
  • ERBB2 protein, human
  • Receptor, ErbB-2