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Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 1/2014

Open Access 01-05-2014 | Preclinical Study

C–X–C ligand 10 and C–X–C receptor 3 status can predict tamoxifen treatment response in breast cancer patients

Authors: Erik Hilborn, Tove Sivik, Tommy Fornander, Olle Stål, Bo Nordenskjöld, Agneta Jansson

Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

To investigate the expression levels of CXCL10 and CXCR3 in tumors from breast cancer patients randomized to adjuvant tamoxifen treatment or no endocrine treatment, in order to further study the connection to prognosis and prediction of tamoxifen treatment outcome. Immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays from 912 breast cancer patients randomized to tamoxifen or no endocrine treatment. CXCR3 status was found to be a prognostic tool in predicting distant recurrence, as well as reduced breast cancer-specific survival. In patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors, tumors with strong CXCL10 levels had improved effect of tamoxifen treatment in terms of local recurrence-free survival [risk ratio (RR) 0.46 (95 % CI 0.25–0.85, P = 0.01)] compared with patients with tumors expressing weak CXCL10 expression. Further, patients with ER-positive tumors with strong CXCR3 expression had an improved effect of tamoxifen in terms of breast cancer-specific survival [RR 0.34 (95 % CI 0.19–0.62, P < 0.001)] compared with the group with weak CXCR3 levels [RR 1.33 (95 % CI 0.38–4.79, P = 0.65)]. We show here for the first time that CXCL10 and CXCR3 expression are both predictors of favorable outcome in patients treated with tamoxifen.
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Metadata
Title
C–X–C ligand 10 and C–X–C receptor 3 status can predict tamoxifen treatment response in breast cancer patients
Authors
Erik Hilborn
Tove Sivik
Tommy Fornander
Olle Stål
Bo Nordenskjöld
Agneta Jansson
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2933-7

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