Refining Risk Assessment for Adjuvant CDK4/6 Inhibitors beyond Trial Inclusion Criteria: Integrating Recurrence Score and Endocrine Responsiveness according to ADAPT
Among 4365 WSG-ADAPT-HR+/HER2- patients, N0-1 cases receiving ET after ET-response and meeting NATALEE but not monarchE criteria had only slightly inferior outcomes vs. the low-risk group. Assuming a hazard ratio of 0.7 for a ribociclib effect in NATALEE, an absolute benefit of approximately 2% fewer dDFS events after 5 years could be expected in this group based on the WSG-ADAPT-HR+/HER2- experience. ET-response evaluation can refine prognosis to better inform shared decision-making in this intermediate-risk group.
Authors
- Matthias Christgen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-7839)
- Ronald Kates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3550-1051)
- Christine zu Eulenburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9365-5548)
- Sandy Burmeister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8201-9294)
- Rick Baehner
- Oleg Gluz
- Ulrike Nitz
- Michael Braun
- Nadia Harbeck
- Claudia Schumacher
- Silke Polata
- Eva-Maria Grischke
- Bahriye Aktas
- Kerstin Luedtke-Heckenkamp
- Sherko Kuemmel
- Hans Heinrich Kreipe
- Maren Darsow
- Helmut Forstbauer
- Monika Graeser
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Nielsen (Germany) (DE)
- St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Luisenkrankenhaus (DE)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Breast Center (CH)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- Waldkrankenhaus Protestant Hospital (DE)
- Praxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie (DE)
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda Mönchengladbach (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Kliniken Essen-Mitte (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Breast Care
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000550825
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Amgen
- Celgene