The Long and Winding Road for Breast Cancer Biomarkers to Reach Clinical Utility

Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Nov 1;26(21):5543-5545. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-2451. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

Abstract

Tumor data from the ABCSG 5 trial of chemotherapy versus endocrine therapy for premenopausal ER+ breast cancer supports molecular subtyping by Ki-67 IHC as a prognostic marker. But while this tissue was handled uniformly, Ki-67 testing overall is unstandardized, complicating clinical utility. Increasing potential biomarkers herald more challenges in biomarker validation.See related article by Bago-Horvath et al., p. 5682.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor*
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Hormones
  • Humans
  • Ki-67 Antigen / genetics
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Hormones
  • Ki-67 Antigen