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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-960739
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Konsensusempfehlungen zu methodischen Aspekten und zur klinischen Relevanz des Nachweises disseminierter Tumorzellen (DTZ) im Knochenmark (KM) von Patientinnen mit primärem Mammakarzinom
Ergebnisse des Konsensustreffens im Rahmen der Dreiländertagung Senologie, Stuttgart, September 2005Consensus Recommendations on Methodical Aspects and Clinical Relevance of the Evidence of Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Bone Marrow of Patients with Primary Breast CancerPublication History
2006 2006
2006
Publication Date:
06 June 2007 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Das Gebiet der Tumorzelldissemination beim Mammakarzinom hat in den letzten Jahren immer mehr an Bedeutung gewonnen. Durch den Nachweis disseminierter Tumorzellen im Knochenmark und Blut wurde bewiesen, dass das Mammakarzinom eine systemische Erkrankung ist. Disseminierte Tumorzellen können bei 20 - 40 % aller Mammakarzinompatientinnen detektiert werden. Die Daten der Pooled Analysis der Collaborative Bone Marrow Micrometastasis Group bestätigten den Tumorzellnachweis im Knochenmark als unabhängigen prognostischen Marker. Darüber hinaus ist die Prognose für Frauen mit Tumorzellpersistenz nach adjuvanter systemischer Therapie im Vergleich zu den Patientinnen ohne Tumorzellnachweis deutlich schlechter. In zukünftigen Studien müssen nun Therapieansätze evaluiert werden, die die Eliminierung disseminierter Tumorzellen zum Ziel haben. Eine entscheidende Voraussetzung für die Durchführung von solchen (Multizenter-)Studien ist, dass ein standardisiertes Vorgehen zum Nachweis von disseminierten Tumorzellen im Knochenmark definiert wird. Im Rahmen der Dreiländertagung der Gesellschaften für Senologie traf sich daher ein internationales Expertenpanel aus Deutschland, der Schweiz und aus Österreich, um die bestehenden Methoden zum Tumorzellnachweis im Knochenmark zu evaluieren sowie einen Konsensus für den standardisierten Nachweis sowie die klinische Implementierung festzulegen.
Abstract
The presence of disseminated tumor cells in blood and bone marrow (BM) has confirmed the hypothesis of breast cancer as a systemic disease. Disseminated tumor cells (DTC) are already present in 20 - 40 % of primary breast cancer patients without clinical evidence of metastatic disease. A large pooled analysis has recently shown that the presence of disseminated tumor cells in the bone marrow (BM) of primary breast cancer patients (stages I - III) is associated with poor prognosis. Moreover, tumor cell persistence after completion of adjuvant therapy identifies patients at a high risk for recurrence. To date, sampling of BM and assessment of DTC is not considered a routine procedure in the clinical management of breast cancer patients, but emerging data suggests a future role for risk stratification and monitoring of therapeutic efficacy. Since these clinical options need to be evaluated in clinical trials, agreement on the standardized detection of DTC is mandatory. Therefore, the German, Austrian and Swiss Societies for Senology recently initiated an international consensus meeting to define a consensus for the standardized detection of DTC and to explore the options for its clinical implementation.
Schlüsselwörter
Mammakarzinom - Tumorzelldissemination - Konsensustreffen - Prognose
Key words
Breast cancer - tumor cell dissemination - consensus meeting - prognosis
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