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  • 1
    In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 32, No. 13 ( 2014-05-01), p. 1347-1355
    Abstract: The (14;18) translocation constitutes both a genetic hallmark and critical early event in the natural history of follicular lymphoma (FL). However, t(14;18) is also detectable in the blood of otherwise healthy persons, and its relationship with progression to disease remains unclear. Here we sought to determine whether t(14;18)-positive cells in healthy individuals represent tumor precursors and whether their detection could be used as an early predictor for FL. Participants and Methods Among 520,000 healthy participants enrolled onto the EPIC (European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition) cohort, we identified 100 who developed FL 2 to 161 months after enrollment. Prediagnostic blood from these and 218 controls were screened for t(14;18) using sensitive polymerase chain reaction–based assays. Results were subsequently validated in an independent cohort (65 case participants; 128 controls). Clonal relationships between t(14;18) cells and FL were also assessed by molecular backtracking of paired prediagnostic blood and tumor samples. Results Clonal analysis of t(14;18) junctions in paired prediagnostic blood versus tumor samples demonstrated that progression to FL occurred from t(14;18)-positive committed precursors. Furthermore, healthy participants at enrollment who developed FL up to 15 years later showed a markedly higher t(14;18) prevalence and frequency than controls (P 〈 .001). Altogether, we estimated a 23-fold higher risk of subsequent FL in blood samples associated with a frequency 〉 10 −4 (odds ratio, 23.17; 95% CI, 9.98 to 67.31; P 〈 .001). Remarkably, risk estimates remained high and significant up to 15 years before diagnosis. Conclusion High t(14;18) frequency in blood from healthy individuals defines the first predictive biomarker for FL, effective years before diagnosis.
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    ISSN: 0732-183X , 1527-7755
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    Publication Date: 2014
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    In: Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Vol. 35, No. 11 ( 2017-04-10), p. 1179-1188
    Abstract: Cholesterol-lowering medication (CLM) has been reported to have a role in preventing breast cancer recurrence. CLM may attenuate signaling through the estrogen receptor by reducing levels of the estrogenic cholesterol metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol. The impact of endocrine treatment on cholesterol levels and hypercholesterolemia per se may counteract the intended effect of aromatase inhibitors. Patients and Methods The Breast International Group (BIG) conducted a randomized, phase III, double-blind trial, BIG 1-98, which enrolled 8,010 postmenopausal women with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive invasive breast cancer from 1998 to 2003. Systemic levels of total cholesterol and use of CLM were measured at study entry and every 6 months up to 5.5 years. Cumulative incidence functions were used to describe the initiation of CLM in the presence of competing risks. Marginal structural Cox proportional hazards modeling investigated the relationships between initiation of CLM during endocrine therapy and outcome. Three time-to-event end points were considered: disease-free-survival, breast cancer–free interval, and distant recurrence–free interval. Results Cholesterol levels were reduced during tamoxifen therapy. Of 789 patients who initiated CLM during endocrine therapy, the majority came from the letrozole monotherapy arm (n = 318), followed by sequential tamoxifen-letrozole (n = 189), letrozole-tamoxifen (n = 176), and tamoxifen monotherapy (n = 106). Initiation of CLM during endocrine therapy was related to improved disease-free-survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.79; 95% CI, 0.66 to 0.95; P = .01), breast cancer–free interval (HR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.60 to 0.97; P = .02), and distant recurrence–free interval (HR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.56 to 0.97; P = .03). Conclusion Cholesterol-lowering medication during adjuvant endocrine therapy may have a role in preventing breast cancer recurrence in hormone receptor–positive early-stage breast cancer. We recommend that these observational results be addressed in prospective randomized trials.
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    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2022
    In:  Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Vol. 306, No. 2 ( 2022-08), p. 567-568
    In: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 306, No. 2 ( 2022-08), p. 567-568
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    ISSN: 1432-0711
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    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Wiley ; 2020
    In:  International Journal of Cancer Vol. 147, No. 9 ( 2020-11), p. 2424-2436
    In: International Journal of Cancer, Wiley, Vol. 147, No. 9 ( 2020-11), p. 2424-2436
    Abstract: What's new? While selenium may have little effect on the overall risk of breast cancer, its effect on breast cancer prognosis is yet to be established. Here, the authors studied the association between pre‐diagnostic serum selenium level and breast cancer aggressiveness and mortality in 1,066 breast cancer patients compared to controls. They found better breast cancer‐specific and overall survival among women with higher pre‐diagnostic selenium levels. However, no correlation between selenium status and specific breast cancer characteristics or intrinsic subtype was found. Altogether, the findings suggest that selenium is an independent prognostic factor for mortality in breast cancer patients.
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    ISSN: 0020-7136 , 1097-0215
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    In: International Journal of Cancer, Wiley, Vol. 140, No. 6 ( 2017-03-15), p. 1317-1323
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    Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health ; 2019
    In:  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health Vol. 45, No. 6 ( 2019-11), p. 642-650
    In: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Vol. 45, No. 6 ( 2019-11), p. 642-650
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    ISSN: 0355-3140 , 1795-990X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
    Publication Date: 2019
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    In: Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 11 ( 2021-5-20)
    Abstract: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a master regulator of multiple pathways involved in breast cancer, and influences the estrogen receptor alpha (ER) and aromatase/CYP19A1. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the interplay between intratumoral levels of AhR and aromatase, patient characteristics (including AhR and CYP19A1 genotypes), clinicopathological features, and prognosis in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant treatments. A prospective cohort of 1116 patients with primary breast cancer in Sweden, included 2002–2012, was followed until June 30 th 2019 (median 8.7 years). Tumor‐specific AhR (n=920) and aromatase levels (n=816) were evaluated on tissue microarrays using immunohistochemistry. Associations between cytoplasmatic (AhR cyt ) and nuclear (AhR nuc ) AhR levels, intratumoral aromatase, clinicopathological features, and prognosis in different treatment groups were analyzed. Low AhR cyt levels (n=183) and positive intratumoral aromatase (n=69) were associated with estrogen receptor (ER) – status and more aggressive tumors. Genotypes were not associated with their respective protein levels. The functional AhR Arg554Lys GG genotype was associated with recurrence-free survival in switch-therapy (sequential tamoxifen/aromatase inhibitors (AI) or AI/tamoxifen) treated patients (HR adj 0.42; 95% CI 0.22–0.83). High AhR cyt levels were associated with longer recurrence-free survival during the first 10 years of follow-up among tamoxifen-only treated patients (HR adj 0.40; 95% CI 0.23–0.71) compared to low AhR cyt levels, whereas an almost inverse association was seen in patients with switch-therapy ( P interaction =0.023). Intratumoral aromatase had little prognostic impact. These findings warrant confirmation in an independent cohort, preferably in a randomized clinical trial comparing different endocrine regimens. They might also guide the selection of breast cancer patients for clinical trials with selective AhR modulators.
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    ISSN: 2234-943X
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2021
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 80, No. 4_Supplement ( 2020-02-15), p. OT1-02-01-OT1-02-01
    Abstract: Background: Cholesterol-lowering medication (CLM), including statins, have received substantial scientific attention as cancer-inhibiting drugs. In a previous Danish study, a protective association between statin use and improved clinical breast cancer outcome was measured with high precision in a cohort of over 18,000 breast cancer patients. Most recently, a study nested in the Breast International Group 1-98 trial showed that the incidence of initiating CLM was higher among women taking letrozole, whereas cholesterol levels decreased over time among women taking tamoxifen, irrespective of CLM use. Initiation of CLM during endocrine therapy was associated with improved breast-cancer-free interval and distant-recurrence free interval. Given the compelling evidence supporting a protective effect of statins on breast cancer recurrence, calls for clinical trials have appeared in several prominent journals. Trial Design: A prospective, two-armed, randomized (1:1), national, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in early stage breast cancer patients. Eligibility criteria: Women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer who are candidates for (neo)adjuvant systemic therapy OR have received ≤3 years of adjuvant endocrine therapy. Age & gt; 18 years. Performance status of ECOG ≤ 2. Prior to patient registration, written informed consent must be given according to Good Clinical Practice and national/local regulations. Specific aims: The primary objective of this trial is to determine the clinical efficacy of (neo)adjuvant atorvastatin as measured by invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) among patients with primary breast cancer. A recurrence will be defined as any invasive breast cancer recurrence irrespective of localization. Secondary objectives include: recurrence-free survival, distant-recurrence-free interval including associations with first site of recurrence, overall survival and cardiac death-free interval as well as overall safety. Translational objectives include investigation of circulating markers and biomarkers in primary tumor tissue that predict response to (neo)adjuvant treatment with atorvastatin. Statistical Methods: The intent-to-treat (ITT) population will be used in the primary analysis. Primary and secondary end points will be analyzed unadjusted by the Kaplan-Meier method and the stratified log-rank test, and with estimates of cumulative incidences using the Gray test for comparison for end points with competing events. Unadjusted hazard ratios [HR] will be estimated from the Cox proportional hazards regression model and the Fine-Gray sub-distribution hazards model to quantify the effect of treatment regimen. Multivariate models will be applied in the per-protocol population to exploratory analysis of interactions. Patients who receive any amount of study medication will be included in safety analyses. Present accrual and target accrual: The trial will start recruiting in October 1, 2019. The target accrual is 3,360 patients. Citation Format: Signe Borgquist, Maj-Britt Jensen, Marianne Ewertz, Anders Bonde Jensen, Thomas P. Ahern, Deirdre Cronin-Fenton, Peer Christiansen, Bent Ejlertsen. A randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison of standard (neo)adjuvant therapy plus placebo versus standard (neo)adjuvant therapy plus atorvastatin in patients with early stage breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr OT1-02-01.
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    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 77, No. 13_Supplement ( 2017-07-01), p. 3805-3805
    Abstract: Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pre-diagnostic statin use was associated with tumor expression of HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) and disease-free survival (DFS) in breast cancer. Previous studies have shown anti-carcinogenic properties of statins and a significantly longer survival among breast cancer patients using statins. We recently showed, that the target of statins, HMGCR, was up-regulated in breast cancer among patients preoperatively treated with statins in a window-of-opportunity trial. Methods: A population-based cohort of primary breast cancer patients in Lund, Sweden was assembled between October 2002 and June 2012. Patients completed a questionnaire including information on medication use. Statin use in relation to DFS was analyzed in 985 patients. Tumor tissue microarrays were constructed and stained with a polyclonal HMGCR antibody to assess HMGCR expression (n=848). Results: Patients were followed for up to 11 years (median follow-up time 5.0 years). In the present study, pre-diagnostic statin use was neither associated with HMGCR expression (P=0.53) nor with DFS (P=0.92), overall or separately in any of the HMGCR expression groups (negative, weak, moderate/strong). Moreover, statin use was not associated with clinical tumor characteristics (tumor size, axillary lymph node involvement, histological grade, hormone receptor status or HER-2 amplification). Conclusion: In contrast to previous studies, the present study did not show any significant association between pre-diagnostic statin use and DFS. It is possible that patients who already used statins have developed tumors that are less dependent on cholesterol metabolism and consequently less influenced by statin treatment. The timing of statin use in relation to breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis should be evaluated in another cohort with preferably longer follow-up time. Citation Format: Helga Tryggvadottir, Emma Gustbée, Andrea Markkula, Maria Simonsson, Björn Nodin, Karin Jirström, Carsten Rose, Christian Ingvar, Signe Borgquist, Helena Jernström. Pre-diagnostic statin use among breast cancer patients - the relation to HMG-CoA reductase expression and disease-free survival [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 3805. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-3805
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    In: Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Vol. 76, No. 14_Supplement ( 2016-07-15), p. 1792-1792
    Abstract: Introduction The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is implicated in several cancers including breast cancer. Phosphorylated IGF type I receptor/insulin receptor (pIGF-1R/IR) indicates active IGF signaling. The signaling network may interfere with several treatment mechanisms and be involved in endocrine resistance. However, the prognostic value of pIGF-1R/IR in breast cancer is unclear. Aim and methods In order to elucidate the significance of activated IGF-IR/IR in breast cancer, the level of receptor phosphorylation was evaluated by immunohistochemistry on invasive breast cancer tissue microarrays from 984 primary breast cancer patients included in a population-based cohort in Sweden. Patients were followed for up to 11 years, the median follow-up for patients still at risk was five years. Phospho-IGF-1R/IR in relation to prognosis was analyzed using Cox regression, adjusted for age, invasive tumor size, axillary lymph node involvement, histological grade, estrogen receptor (ER) status, and body mass index. Results Phospho-IGF-1R/IR status was available for 902 patients (91.7%). Any positive cytoplasmic or membranous staining for pIGF-1R/IR was present in 749 patients (83.0%). pIGF-1R/IR+ was associated with ER+ OR (1.76; 95% CI 1.09-2.83). During follow-up, 112 patients had a first breast cancer event. Patients with pIGF-1R/IR positive tumors had lower risk for any breast cancer event compared to patients without pIGF-1R/IR (Log Rank P = 0.016), adjusted HR (0.60; 95% CI 0.40-0.91). In patients with ER+ tumors (n = 792, 87.9%), pIGF-1R/IR was evaluated in relation to prognosis and endocrine treatment. In patients who had not received endocrine treatment, pIGF-1R/IR was associated with significantly lower risk for any breast cancer event adjusted HR (0.37; 95% CI 0.15-0.92). In contrast, pIGF-1R/IR was not associated with prognosis in endocrine-treated patients adjusted HR (0.90; 95% CI 0.50-1.63). Conclusions These results indicate that IGF-1R/IR activation status may add independent prognostic information in primary breast cancer. In contrast to previous studies, pIGF-1R/IR+ was associated with better prognosis overall in this cohort. However, pIGF-1R/IR+ was not associated with prognosis in endocrine-treated patients. Taken together, these results are in line with the negative results from clinical trials with IGF-1R inhibitors in breast cancer patients, and highlight the complexity of the IGF-system. Citation Format: Sofie Björner, Ann Rosendahl, Maria Simonsson, Andrea Markkula, Karin Jirström, Signe Borgquist, Carsten Rose, Christian Ingvar, Helena Jernström. Phospho-IGF-1R/IR provides independent prognostic information in primary breast cancer but is not associated with prognosis in endocrine-treated patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 1792.
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