Immune recurrence score using 7 immunoregulatory protein expressions can predict recurrence in stage I-III breast cancer patients.
Br J Cancer
; 121(3): 230-236, 2019 07.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Immune cells in the tumour microenvironment play an essential role in tumorigenesis. This study aimed to evaluate the immunoregulatory protein expression of breast cancer and reveal their prognostic role.METHODS:
Expression of 10 immune markers (PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2/IDO/TIM-3/OX40/OX40L/B7-H2/ B7-H3/B7-H4) with known/possible clinical relevance was identified in stromal tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes or tumour tissue of stage I-III breast cancer patients.RESULTS:
A total of 392 patients, including 271(69.1%) luminal A, 36(9.2%) luminal B, 32(8.2%) HER2-positive and 53(13.5%) triple negative disease, were included. Expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 was higher in HER2-positive and triple negative disease. By contrast, expression of TIM-3, OX40 and OX40L were higher in luminal disease. We devised an immune recurrence score (IRS) using seven markers with prognostic value (B7-H2/B7-H3/B7-H4/OX40/OX40L/PD-L1/PD-L2). Patients were classified as high-risk (7.9%), intermediate-risk (67.6%), or low-risk (24.5%). In the multivariate analysis, IRS low-risk (adjusted HR 0.14, p = 0.001) and intermediate-risk (adjusted HR 0.32, p = 0.002) had significantly lower risk of recurrence compared with high-risk. The prognostic role of IRS was maintained in both luminal A and non-luminal A patients.CONCLUSIONS:
This study identified immunoregulatory protein expression of breast cancer patients using 10 immune markers. In addition, we devised an IRS which may predict recurrence in stage I-III breast cancer patients.
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Br J Cancer
Año:
2019
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Article