Purpose: Currently, we lack biomarkers to predict whether high-risk women with mammary atypia will respond to tamoxifen chemoprevention. Experimental Design: Thirty-four women with cytologic mammary atypia from the Duke University High-Risk clinic were offered tamoxifen chemoprevention. We tested whether ESR1 promoter hypermethylation and/or estrogen receptor (ER) protein expression by immunohistochemistry predicted persistent atypia in 18 women who were treated with tamoxifen for 12 months and in 16 untreated controls. Results: We observed a statistically significant decrease in the Masood score of women on tamoxifen chemoprevention for 12 months compared with controlwomen. This was a significant interaction effect of time (0, 6, and 12 months) and treatment group (tamoxifen versus control) P = 0.0007. However, neither ESR1 promoter hypermethylation nor low ER expression predicted persistent atypia in Random Periareolar Fine Needle Aspiration after 12 months tamoxifen prevention. Conclusions: Results from this single institution pilot study provide evidence that, unlike for invasive breast cancer, ESR1 promoter hypermethylation and/or low ER expression is not a reliable marker of tamoxifen-resistant atypia. Copyright © 2008 American Association for Cancer Research.
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Baker, J. C., Ostrander, J. H., Lem, S., Broadwater, G., Bean, G. R., D’Amato, N. C., … Seewaldt, V. L. (2008). ESR1 promoter hypermethylation does not predict atypia in RPFNA nor persistent atypia after 12 months tamoxifen chemoprevention. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 17(8), 1884–1890. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-2696
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