MammaPrint庐 is a micromatrix based test and the result classifies analyzed tumors as low or high risk for recurrence of breast carcinoma. By analyzing the individual activity of these genes, MammaPrint庐 estimates the response to chemotherapy and/or predicts the outcome of the breast neoplasia. We aimed to assess the clinical and analytical validity of MammaPrint庐 that determines individual risk of relapse of breast cancer.
Systematic review of the literature using a structured database search (MedLine, CRD, ECRI Institute, Cochrane Library) and Tripdatabase metasearch. The criteria for selecting report for inclusion were the following: population (breast carcinoma), intervention (MammaPrint庐 versus medical outcome systems and molecular techniques), and analytic (reproducibility and validity of the method) and/or clinical (the ability to predict mortality among patients, metastasis-free time) results.
We found 75 documents. After eliminating the studies that did not satisfied the inclusion criteria, 10 studies were evaluated. Only one paper analyzed MammaPrint庐 reproducibility, indicating reliability and validity of this methodology. The risk of distant metastasis associated with poor prognosis signature versus good prognosis, ranged from 5.7 (IC95%=1.6鈥?0) for 5.8 year follow-up to 2.32 (IC95%=1.35鈥?.00) for 13.6 year follow up. MammaPrint庐 was identified as an independent predictor of risk for metastasis, as well as the tumor diameter and non-use of chemotherapy.
MammaPrint庐 test could bring benefits to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients but there was no evidence to conclude its clinical usefulness in patients who predicts an a priori advantage to chemotherapy.