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Postoperative Recurrence Risk Grouping and Systemic Adjuvant Therapy Selection for Breast Cancer

1. Postoperative Recurrence Risk Grouping
Risk Level Lymph Node Metastasis Others
Low Negative Meets all of the following 6 criteria: ① Lesion size (pT) ≤ 2cm; ② Gradea I; ③ No tumor invasion in peritumoral vesselsb; ④ ER and/or PR positive; ⑤ No overexpression or amplification of HER2 genec; ⑥ Age ≥ 35 years
Moderate Negative Meets at least 1 of the following 6 criteria: ① Lesion size (pT) > 2cm; ② Grade II~III; ③ Tumor invasion in peritumoral vessels; ④ ER and PR negative; ⑤ Overexpression or amplification of HER2 gene; ⑥ Age < 35 years
1~3 Positive ER and/or PR positive and no overexpression or amplification of HER2 gene
High 1~3 Positive ER and PR negative, or overexpression or amplification of HER2 gene
≥4 Positive
Note: a: Histological grade/nuclear grade; b: Peritumoral vessel invasion is controversial, it only affects the risk classification of lymph node-negative patients; but does not affect the classification of lymph node-positive patients; c: HER2 testing must be performed by immunohistochemistry or FISH, CISH methods with strict quality control.
2. Postoperative Systemic Adjuvant Therapy Selection
Risk Level Systemic Adjuvant Therapy Selection Recommendations
High Response to Endocrine Therapy Partial Response to Endocrine Therapy No Response to Endocrine Therapy
Low Risk Endocrine Therapy Endocrine Therapy Not Applicable for Endocrine Therapy
Moderate Risk Endocrine Therapy Alone or Chemotherapy → Endocrine Therapy Chemotherapy → Endocrine Therapy or Endocrine Therapy Alone Chemotherapy
High Risk Chemotherapy → Endocrine Therapy Chemotherapy → Endocrine Therapy Chemotherapy

Notes

Postoperative adjuvant therapy includes chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and biological therapy. Individualized plans are adopted based on the response to endocrine therapy (i.e., ER expression status) and the grouping of recurrence risk.

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