Padrão de metástase no câncer de mama triplo negativo

Abstract

Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) are clinically heterogeneous malignancies that do not present receptors of the estrogen, progesterone and HER2 (ERBB2 or NEU). TNBC are among the most aggressive and deadly breast cancer subtypes. Objective: The present study aimed to elucidate the metastatic pattern of TNBC and attempt to correlate it to age, histology, tumor grade, tumor size, and other clinicopathological variables. Methods: 140 clinical files of patients with breast cancer in Araújo Jorge Hospital in Goiânia (GO), during the period 1998-2010, were selected; among these, 75 cases (53.6%) with TNBC diagnosis were found. Results: The significant variables were tumor size (p=0.0497) and number of metastatic lymph nodes (p=0.002). During the period of five years of ob- servation, metastatic disease occurred in over half of all patients (52.0%). The most common sites of recurrence were lung, bone, and brain. Conclusion: Our finds concluded that patients with TNBC feature a more aggressive type of tumor, requiring increased vigilance in the early years of follow-up.