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. 2023 Sep 29:12:841.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.134302.2. eCollection 2023.

Immune system and tumor microenvironment in early-stage breast cancer: different mechanisms for early recurrence after mastectomy and chemotherapy on ductal and lobular types

Andreas Andrianto  1 , I Ketut Sudiana  2 , Desak Gede Agung Suprabawati  3 , Hari Basuki Notobroto  4
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Immune system and tumor microenvironment in early-stage breast cancer: different mechanisms for early recurrence after mastectomy and chemotherapy on ductal and lobular types

Andreas Andrianto et al. F1000Res. .

Abstract

Background: The most common type of breast cancer is the ductal type (IDC), followed by lobular type (ILC). Surgery is the main therapy for early-stage breast cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy might be given to those at high risk of recurrence. Recurrence is still possible after mastectomy and chemotherapy and most often occurs in the first two years. We aimed to determine the mechanisms in early local recurrence in both types. Methods: We used an observational method with a cross-sectional study design. The samples were patients with early-stage IDC and ILC, who underwent modified radical mastectomy (MRM) and got adjuvant chemotherapy with taxan and anthracycline base, and experienced recurrence in the first two years after surgery. The materials in this study were paraffin blocks from surgical specimens; we examined vimentin, α-SMA and MMP1, PDGF and CD95 by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Data analysis was done using OpenEpi 3.0.1 and EZR. We used pathway analysis with linear regression. Results: There were 25 samples with local recurrence and 25 samples without recurrence in the ductal type group. The lobular type group consisted of six subjects without recurrence and seven with recurrence. There were significant differences in the expression of vimentin (p=0.000 and 0.021, respectively), PDGF (p=0.000 and 0.002) and CD95 (p=0.000 and 0.045) in ductal and lobular cancer types, respectively. MMP1 (p=0.000) and α-SMA (p=0.000) only showed a significant difference in the ductal type. The pathway analysis showed that in the ductal type, the mechanism of recurrence was enabled by two factors: α-SMA and CD95. Meanwhile, for the lobular type, the recurrence mechanism was through the CD95 pathway. Conclusions: Local recurrence in early-stage IDC and ILC had different mechanisms. These findings are expected to make cancer treatment in both types more focused and efficient.

Keywords: Ductal Carcinoma; Early Breast Carcinoma; Lobular Carcinoma; Local Recurrence.

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Conflict of interest statement

No competing interests were disclosed.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Results of recurrence mechanism pathway analysis in post-mastectomy ductal type breast cancer and adjuvant chemotherapy.
Solid arrow: there is correlation; dotted arrow: there is no correlation.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Results of recurrence mechanism pathway analysis in post-mastectomy lobular type breast cancer and adjuvant chemotherapy.
Solid arrow: there is correlation; dotted arrow: there is no correlation.
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