BACKGROUND: Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are a diverse group of cancers that originate from mesenchymal tissue and are estimated to result in 13,130 new cases and 5,350 deaths this year. These neoplasms are hard to detect, which results in physicians struggling to treat late-stage STSs with a limited number of ineffective treatments. Currently, surgical excision is the primary treatment with radiation therapy administered when possible. However, even with optimal margins, the rate of recurrence is high, and the overall survival is low. There is a desperate need for new, more effective treatments. Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has recently had widespread success in treating melanoma, and in recent trials, SARC028 and Alliance A091401, have shown demonstrated activity of ICBs in STS in the neoadjuvant setting. Two histological subtypes of STS showed more promise than others: dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) and undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS). Another issue plaguing the field of STS is that there is no universal indicator of response. The percentage of hyalinization found within the tumor was recently identified as a better marker of response than radiographic imaging or percent viable tumor. METHODS: This study was an investigator-initiated, single-center, randomized, open-label, phase II study (NCT03307616), in which 23 patients with either DDLPS of the retroperitoneum (RP) or UPS of the extremity/trunk (ET) were separated by disease into Cohort 1 and 2, respectively. Subjects in each cohort were randomized into two neoadjuvant treatment arms per cohort. Arm A (n=7) of Cohort 1 received nivolumab (anti-PD-1) monotherapy, while Arm B (n=7) of Cohort 1 received nivolumab and ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) combination therapy. Arm C (n=5) of Cohort 2 received nivolumab monotherapy and radiation therapy, whereas Arm D (n=4) of Cohort 2 received nivolumab/ipilimumab combination therapy and radiation therapy. A tumor biopsy was obtained before treatment, and another sample was taken during the primary treatment of surgical excision. These samples were processed and analyzed by a pathologist who determined the percentage of viable tumor, hyalinization, and necrosis in each sample. Radiographic imaging was also taken throughout to make RECIST 1.1 response determinations. RESULTS: The average treatment response (1 - % viable tumor) for Cohort 1 was 25 ± 23 and there was no difference between Arm A and Arm B, p=0.48. The average treatment response in Cohort 2 was higher at 85 ± 27, but there was also no significant difference between the arms, p = 0.46. The mean percent hyalinization for Cohort 1 was 13 ± 13%, and for Cohort 2 was 69 ± 35%. Again, there was no significant difference between the arms in the Cohort 1 or 2, p = 0.45 and p = 0.54, respectively. Lastly, the mean % necrosis in Cohort 1 was 13 ± 13 %, and in Cohort 2 was 17 ± 24%, and neither had significantly different results in the arms, p = 0.60 and p = 0.92. The RECIST 1.1 results were independent of the arms of the study, and the radiographic response (percent image change) did not correlate to any metric of histologic response. Those who received Ipilimumab had higher rates of adverse events. CONCLUSION: There is significant evidence that ICBs elicited a response in RP DDLPS and ET UPS, and the response of ET UPS was profound. However, there was no apparent benefit from the combination therapy compared to the monotherapy in either cohort. The higher response in ET UPS may be due to the additional radiation therapy or to the nature of UPS itself. Finally, radiographic imaging does not show the response which is apparent at the histological level, so treatment regimens and future experiments should no longer rely on radiographic imaging as a marker for response. / 2021-06-07T00:00:00Z

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(医学) / 甲第24969号 / 医博第5023号 / 新制||医||1069(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 溝脇 尚志, 教授 小濱 和貴, 教授 鈴木 実 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

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Purpose: To evaluate the validity of the Gleason score after neoadjuvant hormonal treatment as predictor of diseasespecific mortality after radical prostatectomy. Patients and Methods: A total of 2,880 patients with a complete data set and a mean follow-up of 10.3 years were studied; 425 of them (15%) had a history of hormonal treatment prior to surgery. The cumulative incidence of deaths from prostate cancer was determined by univariate and multivariate competing risk analysis. Cox proportional hazard models for competing risks were used to study combined effects of the variables on prostate cancer-specific mortality. Results: A higher portion of specimens with a history of neoadjuvant hormonal treatment were assigned Gleason scores of 8–10 (28 vs. 17%, p < 0.0001). The mortality curves in the Gleason score strata <8 vs. 8–10 were at large congruent in patients with and without neoadjuvant hormonal treatment. In patients with neoadjuvant hormonal treatment, a Gleason score of 8–10 was an independent predictor of prostate cancer-specific mortality; the hazard ratio was, however, somewhat lower than in patients without neoadjuvant hormonal treatment. Conclusion: This study suggests that the prognostic value of the post-radical prostatectomy Gleason score is not meaningfully jeopardized by heterogeneous neoadjuvant hormonal treatment in a routine clinical setting.

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A alta atividade da enzima Aldeído-desidrogenase (ALDH) tem sido relatada como um marcador das células troncos tumorais (CTT) no câncer de mama. Sabe-se que essas células estão envolvidas na resistência ao tratamento radio e quimioterápico e podem ser responsáveis pela recorrência e disseminação metastática. A associação entre a quantidade de CTTs e a resposta a quimioterapia neoadjuvante (QNA) ainda não está estabelecida. Foi analisado retrospectivamente a expressão de ALDH1A1 por imunohistoquímica (IHQ) em amostras previamente analisadas por citometria de fluxo para ALDH1A1 no tumor primário de 61 pacientes com carcinoma ductal invasivo diagnosticado entre 2010 e 2012. A maioria das pacientes estava entre 51-70 anos (59%), na menopausa (65,6%) e com estádio clínico III (47,5%). A expressão positiva de receptores de estrógeno, progesterona e de HER2 foi de 67,2%, 52,5% e 45,9% respectivamente. A imunohistoquímica para ALDH1A1 foi realizada com lâminas da TMA e considerado positivos os casos com marcação citoplástica evidente em grupamentos de 5 ou mais células. Foi analisada a associação entre esses dados e o resultado da citometria de fluxo para ALDH1 e também a associação com os fatores prognósticos conhecidos. Não foi encontrada associação (p = 0,67) entre a porcentagem de células ALDH1+ com o resultado da imunohistoquímica positiva para ALDH1A1 (4,45% (1,7 - 10,1)) e negativa (3,2% (1,2 - 13,6)). Os dados não demonstraram associação da IHQ para ALDH1A1 ou da quantia de células ALDH1+ no tumor primário com a resposta patológica completa após quimioterapia neoadjuvante, sugerindo que essa população pode não ser um fator preditor isolado da resposta a QNA. Também não foi observado relação da IHQ para ALDH1A1 com os fatores prognósticos conhecidos. A sobrevida também não foi influenciada pela expressão de ALDH1A1 pela IHQ tanto na sobrevida global (p = 0,54; HR = 1,33 (0,52 - 3,39)) quanto na livre de doença (p = 0,35; HR = 1,67 (0,57 - 4,90)). Quanto a porcentagem de células ALDH1+ no tumor primário, também não houve impacto sobre a sobrevida global (p = 0,40; HR = 0,98 (0,92 - 1,03)), nem na sobrevida livre de doença (p = 0,55; HR = 0,98 (0,92 - 1,05)). A presença de células ALDH1A1 positivas na imunohistoquímica não se relaciona com a atividade da enzima analisada por citometria de fluxo e não apresenta associação com fatores prognósticos / The expressions of aldehyde-dehydrogenase (ALDH) has been reported as potential breast cancer stem-like cells (BCSLCs) markers. Those cells are known to be involved with treatment resistance and may be responsible for relapses and metastatic dissemination. The association between the quantity of BCSLCs and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) remains unclear. We retrospectively analyzed the expression of ALDH1A1 by immunohistochemistry (IHQ) in 61 patients with invasive ductal carcinomas of the breast from 2010 to 2012 previously analyzed by flow cytometry (FCT). Most patients were aged between 51-70 years (59%), clinical stage III (47,5%) and menopausal (65,6%). The ER, PgR and HER2 positive expression rates were 67,2%, 52,5% and 45,9%, respectively. The aldehyde-dehydrogenase immunohistochemistry ware evaluated by TMA and considered to be positive cases with evident cytoplasmic staining in clusters of 5 or more cells. These data were correlated with the flow cytometry results and clinical and pathological features. No association between ALDH1+ cell population by FCT with ALDH1A1 positive (4,45% (1,7 - 10,1)) and negative (3,2% (1,2 - 13,6)) cases by IHQ were observed (p= 0,67). No relationship between ALDH1A1+ by IHQ nor ALDH1+ by FCT were found with the complete pathological response to therapy, suggesting that it might not be an isolated predictor of response to NACT. No relationship between IHQ was found with the clinicalpathological features. The overall survival was the same between the two groups by IHQ (p = 0,54; HR = 1,33 (0,52 - 3,39)) and also the disease free survival (p = 0,35; HR = 1,67 (0,57 - 4,90)). The FCT results did not correlate with the overall survival (p = 0,40; HR = 0,98 (0,92 - 1,03)), nor with the disease free survival (p = 0,55; HR = 0,98 (0,92 - 1,05)). The expression of ALDH1A1+ by immunohistochemistry have no association with the enzymatic function analyzed by flow cytometry and do not represent a prognostic factor

O carcinoma de mama é uma doença altamente prevalente e incidente. Em nosso meio, cerca de metade dos casos são diagnosticados em estádios localmente avançados e/ou disseminados. Nesta situação o índice de sucessos terapêuticos é pequeno. Recentemente vem sendo citado na literatura as células tronco tumorais (CTT) como aquelas responsáveis pelas recorrências tumorais, pois este tipo de células seria capaz de repovoar o hospedeiro com células tumorais de mesma origem. Postula-se também que este tipo de células é resistente ao tratamento quimioterápico. Assim, o prognóstico de uma paciente dependeria diretamente da quantidade de CTT presentes em seu tumor na época do tratamento. As expressões de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 têm sido relatadas como potenciais marcadores de células tronco no câncer de mama (CTCM). A associação entre a quantidade de CTCMs e a resposta à quimioterapia neoadjuvante (QNA) permanece obscura. Métodos: Foram analisadas prospectivamente a expressão de CD44/CD24, CXCR4 e ABCG2 em 41 pacientes com câncer de mama localmente avançado ou metastático (CMLA) submetidas à QNA. O ensaio de mamosferas (Mammocult ®) foi estudado em 25 amostras. Idade média dos pacientes foi de 52,9 ± 10,3 anos. De acordo com o estádio clínico (EC), uma paciente foi classificada como IIa, 5 pacientes foram IIb, 10 foram IIIa, 16 foram IIIb, uma foi IIIc e 8 foram IV. O diâmetro médio do tumor clínico foi de 5,6 ± 3 centímetros. Os receptores de estrógeno (RE), receptores de progesterona (PgR) e HER2 positivos apresentaram as taxas de expressão de 65%, 58% e 46%, respectivamente. A porcentagem mediana de células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4 + e ESA+/ABCG2 + foram determinados por citometria de fluxo em tumores frescos amostrados após a digestão do tecido. A relação entre as análises de citometria de fluxo e resposta clínica e patológica à terapia foi analisada. Resultados: A resposta clínica completa (RCC) e resposta patológica completa (PCR) foram observadas em 15 (36%) e 10 (24%) pacientes respectivamente. Não observamos uma associação significativa entre PCR, ER, PgR ou expressão HER2. Observamos uma associação entre o tamanho clínico com percentual de células ESA+/ABCG2+ dentro do tumor (p = 0,0481) e do grau tumoral com a capacidade de formação de esferas (p = 0,0392). Nenhuma correlação entre PCR e a população de células CD44+/CD24- dentro do tumor foi observada. Houve uma correlação positiva entre a expressão de ESA+/ABCG2+ e ESA+/CXCR4+ com o número de formação de mamosferas (p = 0,0007 e p = 0,0497, respectivamente). Esta correlação não foi significativa em comparação com células ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusões: O percentual de células cancerosas ABCG2+ dentro do tumor e do número de formação mamosferas são fatores preditivos de PCR em pacientes submetidos à QNA para CMLA. ABCG2 é um marcador potencial para CTCMs. Palavras chave: Câncer de mama, Célula tronco tumoral, Quimioterapia neoadjuvante, Taxanos, Fatores prognósticos. / Breast cancer is a disease highly prevalent and incident. In our country, about half of cases are diagnosed in advanced stages locally and / or disseminated. In this situation the therapeutic success rate is small. Recently been reported in the literature cancer stem cells (CSC) as those responsible for tumor recurrence, as this type of cells could repopulate the host cell tumor of the same origin. It is also postulated that this type of cells are resistant to chemotherapy. Thus the prognosis of a patient depend directly on the amount of CSC present in their tumor at the time of treatment. The expressions of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 have been reported as potential breast cancer stem-like cell (CSLC) markers. The association between the quantity of CSLCs and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) remains unclear. Methods: We prospectively analyzed the expression of CD44/CD24, CXCR4 and ABCG2 in 41 breast cancer patients with locally advanced or metastatic (CMLA) submitted to NAC. The assay mamosferas (Mammocult ®) was studied in 25 samples. Mean age of patients was 52.9 ± 10.3 years. According to the clinical stage (CS), one patient was classified as IIa, IIb 5 patients, 10 were IIIa, IIIb were 16, 1 and 8 have been IIIc IV. The mean diameter of tumor therapy was 5.6 ± 3 cm. The estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and HER2 showed positive expression rates of 65%, 58% and 46%, respectively. The median percentage of cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-, ESA+/CXCR4+ and ESA+/ABCG2+ were determined by flow cytometry in tumors sampled after digestion fresh tissue. The relationship between flow cytometric analysis and clinical and pathological response to therapy was assessed. Results: The complete clinical response (CCR) and pathologic complete response (PCR) was seen in 15 (36%) and 10 (24%) patients, respectively. We did not observe a significant association between CRP, ER, PgR and HER2 expression. An association was observed between the size clinical percentage of cells ESA+/ABCG2+ within the tumor (p = 0.0481) and tumor grade with the ability to form spheres (p = 0.0392). No correlation between PCR and cell population CD44+/CD24-within the tumor was observed. There was a positive correlation between the expression of ESA+/ABCG2+ and ESA+/CXCR4+ with the number of training mamosferas (p = 0.0007 and p = 0.0497, respectivamenete). This correlation was not significant compared with cells ESA+/CD44+/CD24-. Conclusions: The percentage of ABCG2 + cancer cells within the tumor and the number of training mamosferas are predictors of CRP in patients undergoing NAC for CMLA. ABCG2 is a potential marker for CTCMs. Keywords: Breast cancer, stem cell tumor, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, taxanes, Prognostic factors.

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a importância da expressão das proteínas topoisomerase II alfa (topo II) e HER-2 como fatores preditvos da resposta à quimioterapia neoadjuvante e prognóstico em pacientes com câncer de mama nos estádio clínico II e III. Pacientes e métodos: 99 pacientes receberam quimioterapia neoadjuvante com docetaxel (75mg /m²) e epirrubicina (50 mg/m²) em infusão endovenosa no dia 1 a cada 3 semanas após terem sido submetidas a biópsia incisional. Foi complementado tratamento sistêmico com quimioterapia adjuvante com CMF ou FEC de acordo com o estado axilar avaliada após a cirurgia definitiva e/ou hormonioterapia de acordo com a avaliacãodos receptores hormonais. Avaliamos a taxa de resposta ao tratamento neoadjuvante e a influência da topo II alfa e do HER-2 na taxa de resposta à quimioterapia neoadjuvante bem comona sobrevida livre de doença e sobrevida global. Também foram avaliadas a expressão dos receptores hormonais. Resultados: a taxa de resposta clínica objetiva foi de 80,8 % com 9,1 % de resposta patológica completa. A expressão da topo II alfa nao apresentou significância nas taxas de resposta ou na sobrevida das pacietnes e nao houve correlação entre a expressão desta proteína e de HER-2. A superexpressão da proteína HER-2 foi associada com uma redução significante nas taxas de sobrevida livre de doença e sobrevida global (p= 0,04 e p= 0,004, respectivamente). Conclusão: a expressão da topo II alfa não demonstrou, em nosso estudo, ser fator preditivo ou prognóstico nas pácientes submetidas a quimioterapia neoadjuvante com docetaxel e epirrubicina. / The objective of this study is to evaluate the importance of the expression of the proteins topoisomerase II alpha (topo II) and HER-2 as predictive factors to response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and the prognosis of patients diagnosed with clinical stage II and stage III breast cancer. Patients and methods: 99 patients have received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel (75mg /m²) and epirrubicine (50 mg/m²) through intravenous infusion on D1 q3 weeks, after submitted to pathologic specimen harvest. Systemic treatment was then complemented with CMF or FEC according to the status of axilla involvement after surgical staging and/or hormone therapy according tohormone receptor status. We evaluated the response rate to neoadjuvant treatment and the influence of topo II alpha and HER-2 expression on the response rate and disease free survival and overall survival. The expression of hormone receptors was also evaluated. Results: Objective clinical response was 78,8%, with 8,2% of complete pathological response.Topo II alpha expression did not correlate to response to chemotherapy or survival and there was no correlation between topo II alpha expression and HER-2 expression. Superexpression of HER-2 protein was associated to a significant reduction in disease free survival and overall survival (p=0,04 and p=0,004, respectively). Conclusion: topo II alpha expression did not demonstrate, in our study, to be a predictive nor prognostic factor to the patientssubmitted to neoadjuvant with docetaxel and epirrubicin.

Introdução. O Fluxo Gerenciado FGC20 é um protocolo institucional que define as etapas do tratamento neoadjuvante para adenocarcinoma de reto, com quimioterapia e radioterapia concomitantes e posterior cirurgia. Sua implantação no Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), a partir de março de 2011, envolveu as áreas assistenciais médicas, multiprofissionais e administrativas, com o estabelecimento da sequência das etapas e intervalos desejáveis. Objetivos. Avaliar a implantação do modelo de gerenciamento do protocolo clínico institucional para o tratamento neoadjuvante do adenocarcinoma de reto, nomeado Fluxo Gerenciado FGC20, adotado no ICESP. Pacientes e métodos. Foi construído um modelo lógico operacional para descrever o processo de implantação do fluxo gerenciado FGC20. Indicadores de monitoramento foram definidos a partir do modelo lógico e comparados com o período prévio à implantação. Dois grupos foram comparados: grupo controle, de pacientes cuja entrada ocorreu entre 06/05/2008 a 11/05/2011(prévio à implantação, nomeado grupo PreFluxo); e grupo experimental, de pacientes com início de atendimento entre 12/05/2011 a 31/12/2013 (posterior à implantação, nomeado grupo FGC20). Foram incluídos pacientes consecutivos, com diagnóstico de câncer de reto, tratados com quimioterapia e radioterapia concomitantes e posterior realização de cirurgia, e excluídos pacientes metastáticos ao diagnóstico inicial, pacientes com tratamento prévio ao início do tratamento no serviço e pacientes que não realizaram o tratamento neoadjuvante. Foram observados os intervalos de tempo entre as etapas do tratamento e recursos utilizados, dentre consultas, exames, internações, quimioterapia, radioterapia e cirurgia. O estudo de descrição de custos foi apresentado em Reais de 2015 na perspectiva do serviço. Resultados. De um total de 624 pacientes, foram analisados 330 pacientes: 112 do grupo PréFluxo e 218 do grupo FGC20. Em relação aos indicadores de monitoramento da implantação, 66% dos pacientes do grupo FGC20 realizaram a 1ª consulta no intervalo < 15 dias, 75% dos pacientes ficaram dentro da meta esperada de 14 semanas para o intervalo entre o final da neoadjuvância e a cirurgia (mediana de 13,2 semanas grupo FGC20 e 20 semanas grupo PréFluxo) e 73% dos pacientes completaram todas as etapas do fluxo gerenciado no intervalo <189 dias (mediana de 176,4 dias grupo FGC20 e 261,5 dias grupo PréFluxo). No grupo PréFluxo, houve maior número de consultas com oncologistas clínicos, tomografias computadorizadas, ressonâncias magnéticas e sessões de radioterapia (p < 0,001), bem como maior média de eventos de passagens no Setor de Emergência e na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva, em relação ao grupo FGC20 (p<0,001) e a média de custo por paciente tratado no grupo PréFluxo foi de R$ 40.935,68 e mediana de R$ 37.948,05. No grupo Fluxo Gerenciado, a média de custo por paciente tratado foi de R$ 40.368,18 e a mediana de R$ 35.341,32 respectivamente. A média de sobrevida global foi de 5,99 (5,59-6,40) e de 7,01 (6,47-7,54) anos, para os grupos PreFluxo e FGC20, respectivamente (p=0,83). Conclusões. A implantação do fluxo gerenciado promoveu reduções em todos os intervalos de tempo entre as etapas do tratamento. Não houve diferenças estatisticamente significantes na sobrevida global e no custo por paciente tratado entre os grupos. Custos de diárias e consultas foram os segmentos mais representativos no custo total do tratamento do paciente com câncer de reto / Background. The FGC20 is an integrated care pathway started in May 2011 at Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo (ICESP) for neoadjuvant treatment of adenocarcinoma of rectum. The implementation involved a multidisciplinary team to standardize patient care and to define steps, interventions and goals. Objectives. To evaluate the implementation of a clinical care pathway of rectal cancer in a Brazilian tertiary academic oncology hospital. Patients and Methods: An operational logical model of the integrated care pathway was developed to describe the pathway implementation. Two cohorts of diagnosed rectal cancer patients were compared: a control cohort from May 06th, 2008 through May 11th, 2011 (before the implementation, named group Pre FGC20), and a cohort from May 12th, 2011 through December 31th, 2013 (after implementation, named group FGC20). We included consecutive patients treated with concomitant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by surgery. Patients with prior treatment or who have not performed the nCRT treatment or with metastatic disease at diagnosis were excluded. Time intervals between treatment steps and resources used, including consultations, exams, hospitalizations, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery were assessed. Cost description study from the hospital perspective is presented in 2015 Reais. Results. From a total of 624 patients, 330 were included: 112 PreFGC20 and 218 FGC20. Implementation indicators of the group FGC20 were identified based on the logic model: 66% had the first consultation < 15 days, 75% < 14 weeks interval between the neoadjuvant treatment and surgery (Group PreFGC20: 20 weeks, median; group FGC20: 13.2 weeks, median) and 73% < 189 days to complete all treatment steps (Group PreFGC20: 261.5 days, median; group FGC20: 176.4 days, median). We found higher utilization of consultations with clinical oncologists, CT, MRIs and radiotherapy sessions in the Group PreFGC20 compared with the FGC20 Group (p < 0.001), and also more utilization of emergency room and intensive care unit in Group PreFGC20 (p < 0.001). Median cost per treated patient in Group PreFGC20 was R$ 37.948,05 and mean cost was R$ 40.935,68. Median cost per treated patient in Group FGC20 was R$ 35.341,32 and mean cost was R$ 40.368,18. The mean overall survival in the Pre-MFC20 group and MFC20 group were 5.99 (5.59-6.40) and 7.01 (6.47-7.54) years, respectively (p=0.83) Conclusions. The implementation of the ICP promoted reductions in all time intervals between treatment steps. There were no statistically significant difference in overall survival and cost per patient treated between the groups. Daily costs and consultations were the most representative segments in total cost of the rectal cancer patient treatment

Introdução: A neoplasia de mama é o tipo mais comum de câncer entre as mulheres. A despeito dos programas de rastreamento, que marcadamente reduziram a mortalidade, devido, principalmente ao diagnóstico precoce, uma significativa parcela de mulheres, apresenta-se com tumores localmente avançados na ocasião do diagnóstico. Nestas situações o tratamento neoadjuvante (TNA) está indicado. Com o advento de novos esquemas medicamentosos e crescentes indicações de TNA, busca-se fatores preditores da resposta tumoral, que a determinem de maneira precoce, precisa, objetiva e reprodutível. Até o momento, não há consenso em como determinar, clinicamente, a resposta da neoplasia ao TNA. Objetivo: O presente estudo investigou a associação entre o realce de fundo do tecido fibroglandular (BPE) em exames de RM da mama contralateral a neoplasia e a resposta patológica ao tratamento quimioterápico neoadjuvante (TNA), em pacientes portadoras de câncer de mama localmente avançado. Materiais e Métodos: Um total de 55 pacientes apresentando carcinoma ductal invasivo de mamas foram avaliadas, consecutivamente, entre setembro de 2010 e novembro de 2013. As pacientes selecionadas realizaram RM previamente ao início do tratamento quimioterápico e foram submetidas a tratamento cirúrgico após término do TNA. O BPE foi aferido através da avaliação qualitativa, de acordo com as categorias preconizadas pela 5° edição do BI-RADS e por método quantitativo, por segmentação automática do tecido fibroglandular da mama contralateral a neoplasia e cálculo do coeficiente de realce do parênquima. As pacientes foram divididas em dois grupos, de acordo com os achados anatomopatológicos encontrados na peça cirúrgica obtida ao término do TNA: Grupo Resposta Completa: ausência de neoplasia na peça cirúrgica e Grupo Resposta Ausente: presença de neoplasia residual na peça cirúrgica. O BPE destes dois grupos foi então comparado. Resultados: Encontramos diferença significativa (p<0,001) entre os grupos para a variável BPE, quando aferida de maneira qualitativa, sendo que o grupo que obteve resposta patológica completa apresentou maior BPE. A análise do coeficiente do BPE não demonstrou diferença significativa entre os grupos (p=0,075), porém uma tendência a diferença significativa, com o grupo resposta patológica completa apresentando valores superiores de coeficiente de realce, em concordância com a avaliação qualitativa. Conclusões: Os resultados sugerem que o BPE da mama contralateral à neoplasia pode estar relacionado à resposta patológica após TNA, quando aferido de maneira qualitativa. Maiores valores de coeficiente de BPE também parecem estar associados a maior chance de obter resposta patológica completa. / Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women. Despite screening programs, which markedly reduced mortality mainly due to early diagnosis, a significant number of women present with locally advanced tumors at diagnosis. The neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment (NAT) is indicated in these situations. The advent of new drug regimens and growing indications of NAT requires biomarkers for assessing and predicting the response of breast cancer to neoadjuvant therapy. At presente, there is no consensus to the early assessment of breast cancer response to NAT. Objective: This study investigated the association between Backgroud Parenchymal Enhancement (BPE) of contralateral breast cancer and the pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 55 patients with locally advanced breast cancer. The selected patients underwent MRI before the start of chemotherapy and underwent surgery after TNA completion. The BPE was determined by qualitative assessment, according to the categories recommended by the 5th edition of BI- RADS, and quantitative method by automatic segmentation of fibroglandular tissue of contralateral breast and calculation of BPE coefficient. The patients were divided into two groups according to pathological findings in surgical specimens obtained at the end of TNA, Group Complete Response: no tumor in the surgical specimen and Group Response Absent: presence of residual tumor in the surgical specimen .The BPE of these two groups were compared. Results: We found a significant difference (p <0.001) between the groups for the BPE variable when measured in a qualitative manner. The complete pathological response group got highest category of BPE. The analysis of the BPE coefficient showed no significant difference between groups (p=0.075), but a tendency to significant differences, with complete pathological response group presenting higher values of BPE coefficient. Conclusions: The results suggest that the BPE of contralateral breast is correlated to the pathological response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment, when measured in a qualitative manner. Higher values of BPE coefficient appear to be associated with a higher chance of getting complete pathological response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment.