Abstract PS9-72: Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients
Authors: Sonia Baulies, Maxim Izquierdo, Marta Devesa, Ignacio Rodriguez, Francesc Tresserra, Rafael Fàbregas
Journal: Cancer Research (2021)

Abstract Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients. Aims. - Study in breast cancer patients whether fertility preservation (FP) can affect the onset of the oncological treatment and the pathological response in those patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Methods. - Patients with breast cancer who underwent fertility preservation and NAC are matched 1:2.45 to non-FP controls by age and date al diagnosis and are studied: -Timing between the diagnosis of breast cancer and the onset of oncological treatment was performed. The following variables were chosen: 1.- Confirmation (pathologic result), 2.- FP visit, 3.- Onset FP, 4.- Final FP, 5. - Onset oncological treatment. The periods analyzed (median in days) were: 1.- Period of FP visit (AP result-FP visit), 2.- Period of FP (FP beginning -FP ending), 3.- Period of onset of oncological treatment (FP ending-onset of oncological treatment), 4.- Overall period (AP result-onset of oncological treatment). -Studying the pathological complete response (Miller Payne scale) among patients with FP compare to non-FP control group was also performed.Results. - 20 patients with FP and NAC are studied between 2010-2019 and were compared to 49 non-FP patients. The median age at diagnosis was 36 years (28-39). The oncological characteristics of the patients are shown in Table 1.The time analysis in FP group was: 1.- Period of FP visit was 4 days (1-26), 2.- the period of FP (start of the stimulation treatment until the recovery of the oocytes) 12 days (7-20), 3.- the Period of onset of oncological treatment 7 days (1-27). The overall period took 26 days (18-51) compared to 17.5 days (1-60) in non-FP group (NS). Pathological complete response (Miller Payne 5): The pathological complete response was 80% (16/20) in FP group versus 40.8% (20/49) in non-FP group. Analyzed by tumor subtype in FP group, a MP5 was achieved in 72.7% luminal tumor (8/11), 75% positive-HER2 (3/4), 100% triple negative (5/5) versus 19% luminal tumor (4/21), 41.6% (5/12) positive-HER2 and 68.7% triple negative (11/16) in non-FP group. Conclusion. - FP does not delay the onset of oncological treatment and our data do not suggest an adverse impact of FP on pathological complete response to NAC. Table 1. Oncological patient’s characteristicsPatient’s characteristicsCases (%) (range)FP groupNon-FP groupN (patients)20 (100)49 (100)Median age (years)36 (28-39)38 (29-41)Tumor stage-T1c3 (15)6 (12.2)-T216 (80)37 (75.6)-T31 (5)6 (12.2)Lymph node involvement-Positive8 (40)21 (42.8)-Negative12 (60)28 (57.2)Tumor Histology:-IDC15 (83.3)46 (93.8)-ILC3 (16.7)3 (6.2)-NA2Hormone Receptors-Positive14 (70)30 (61.3)-Negative6 (30)19 (38.7)HER2-Positive4 (20)12 (24.5)-Negative16 (80)37 (75.5)Tumor subtype-Luminal11 (55)21 (42.8)-HER2+4 (20)12 (24.5)-Triple negative5 (25)16 (32.7) Citation Format: Sonia Baulies, Maxim Izquierdo, Marta Devesa, Ignacio Rodriguez, Francesc Tresserra, Rafael Fàbregas. Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Virtual Symposium; 2020 Dec 8-11; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PS9-72.