Junzo Yamaguchi1, Hiroki Moriuchi2, Takashi Ueda3, Yujo Kawashita3, Takanori Hazeyama3, Masaki Tateishi3, Shigehisa Aoki4, Kazuyoshi Uchihashi5, Mikio Nakamura6. 1. Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Seisyukai Hospital, Fukuoka, 811-2316, Japan. yamaguchi.jun5@gmail.com. 2. Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Saga Hospital, Saga, Japan. 3. Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Seisyukai Hospital, Fukuoka, 811-2316, Japan. 4. Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan. 5. Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization, Saga Hospital, Saga, Japan. 6. Department of Urology (Chair of the Board of Directors), Seisyukai Social Medical Corporation, Fukuoka, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Interactions between adipocyte and breast cancer (BC) cells have yet to be fully elucidated. Here we investigated the prognostic impact of marginal adipose tissue invasion in both luminal breast cancer (HR+/HER2-) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) (HR-/HER2-). METHODS: A total of 735 patients with early-stage invasive BC (1999-2014) were retrospectively registered. Median length of patient follow-up was 8.9 years. Survival curves were calculated using a Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival plot. The prognostic difference between two groups were assessed by the univariate Cox-proportional hazard regression model. RESULTS: Patients with adipose tissue invasion (n = 614) had a significantly poorer prognosis than those without adipose tissue invasion (n = 121) in overall survival (OS) (hazard ratio, 2.1; 95% Confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 4.0; P = 0.025). While a poorer prognosis was observed in TNBC (n = 137) than in luminal BC patients (n = 496) (hazard ratio, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.30 to 0.68, P < 0.001), this aggressive nature of TNBC was noted in node-positive disease (hazard ratio, 0.3; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.5, P < 0.001) but not in node-negative disease (hazard ratio, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.39 to 1.55, P = 0.472), and also noted in adipose tissue invasion-positive patients (hazard ratio, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.6, P < 0.001) but not in adipose tissue invasion-negative patients (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.16 to 3.24, P = 0.675). In addition, although patients suffering from TNBC with adipose tissue invasion had a poorer outcome than those without adipose tissue invasion (hazard ratio, 3.63; 95% CI, 1.11 to 11.84; P = 0.033), the difference was not observed in luminal BC (hazard ratio, 1.75; 95% CI, 0.64 to 4.82; P = 0.277). CONCLUSIONS: Adipose tissue invasion was correlated with poor survival in TNBC. Cancer cell invasion into local fat may be a first step on cancer progression and systemic disease in TNBC.
BACKGROUND: Interactions between adipocyte and breast cancer (BC) cells have yet to be fully elucidated. Here we investigated the prognostic impact of marginal adipose tissue invasion in both luminal breast cancer (HR+/HER2-) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) (HR-/HER2-). METHODS: A total of 735 patients with early-stage invasive BC (1999-2014) were retrospectively registered. Median length of patient follow-up was 8.9 years. Survival curves were calculated using a Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival plot. The prognostic difference between two groups were assessed by the univariate Cox-proportional hazard regression model. RESULTS:Patients with adipose tissue invasion (n = 614) had a significantly poorer prognosis than those without adipose tissue invasion (n = 121) in overall survival (OS) (hazard ratio, 2.1; 95% Confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 4.0; P = 0.025). While a poorer prognosis was observed in TNBC (n = 137) than in luminal BC patients (n = 496) (hazard ratio, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.30 to 0.68, P < 0.001), this aggressive nature of TNBC was noted in node-positive disease (hazard ratio, 0.3; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.5, P < 0.001) but not in node-negative disease (hazard ratio, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.39 to 1.55, P = 0.472), and also noted in adipose tissue invasion-positive patients (hazard ratio, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.6, P < 0.001) but not in adipose tissue invasion-negative patients (hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.16 to 3.24, P = 0.675). In addition, although patients suffering from TNBC with adipose tissue invasion had a poorer outcome than those without adipose tissue invasion (hazard ratio, 3.63; 95% CI, 1.11 to 11.84; P = 0.033), the difference was not observed in luminal BC (hazard ratio, 1.75; 95% CI, 0.64 to 4.82; P = 0.277). CONCLUSIONS: Adipose tissue invasion was correlated with poor survival in TNBC. Cancer cell invasion into local fat may be a first step on cancer progression and systemic disease in TNBC.
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Adipose tissue invasion; Luminal breast cancer; Patient survival; Triple-negative breast cancer; Tumor microenvironment
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