Table 4 Characteristics of Patients who Developed Metastatic/Recurrent Disease.

From: Evaluation of disseminated tumor cells and circulating tumor cells in patients with breast cancer receiving adjuvant zoledronic acid

Stage

Grade

ER/PR/HER2 status

Systemic therapy (prior to ZOL)

Baseline DTC/mL

M12 DTC/mL

M24 DTC/mL

Baseline CTC/mL

M6 CTC/mL

M12 CTC/mL

M18 CTC/mL

M24 CTC/mL

Time to recurrence from diagnosis (months)

Site of recurrence

Time to Overall Survival (months)

III

2

TNBC

AC/T

30.9

8.6

5.5

CNS

8.1

II

2

TNBC

AC/T

332.9

0

11.5

CNS

24.8

III

2

TNBC

AC/T

30.1

 

0.9

0.2

12

Visceral + skeletal

21.8

I

3

TNBC

AC/T

14.2

2.4

17.5

Visceral + skeletal

34.5

II

3

TNBC

AC/T

32

0

0

21

CNS

22.9

III

2

ER + /PR-/HER2 + 

AC/T + exemestane + trastuzumab

8.5

6.9

168.6

0.5

0.6

  

0.3

39

Visceral

71.4

III

3

TNBC

AC/T

13.3

 

0.1

 

1

43

Local recurrence

Alive

II

3

ER + /PR + /HER2 + 

AC/T + trastuzumab

5

0

3.3

0.2

0

0

0.1

79

Local recurrence

Alive

III

2

ER + /PR + /HER2-

AC/T

22.5

3.1

0

0.1

111

Pleural effusion

Alive

  1. AC/T: 4 cycles of doxorubicin (A) and cyclophosphamide (C) followed by 4 cycles of paclitaxel (T).
  2. ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor,
  3. HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2,
  4. OS months from diagnosis to death.
  5. M month.