title: Telomere length variation in normal epithelial cells adjacent to tumor: potential biomarker for breast cancer local recurrence.
abstract: A better understanding of the risk of local recurrence (LR) will facilitate therapeutic decision making in the management of early breast cancers. In the present study, we investigated whether telomere length in the normal breast epithelial cells surrounding the tumor is predictive of breast cancer LR; 152 women who were diagnosed with breast cancer at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center were included in this nested case-control study. Cases (patients had LR) and controls (patients had no LR) were matched on year of surgery, age at diagnosis and type of surgery. Telomere fluorescent in situ hybridization was used to determine the telomere length using formalin fixed paraffin-embedded breast tissues. Small telomere length variation (TLV), defined as the coefficient variation of telomere lengths among examined cells, in normal epithelial cells adjacent to the tumor was significantly associated with a 5-fold (95% confidence interval = 1.2-22.2) increased risk of breast cancer LR. When the subjects were categorized into quartiles, a significant inverse dose-response relationship was observed with lowest versus highest quartile odds ratio of 15.3 (P(trend) = 0.012). Patients who had large TLV had significantly better 10 year recurrence free survival rate compared with patients who had small TLV (80 versus 33%). The present study revealed that TLV in normal epithelial cells adjacent to tumor is a strong predictor of breast cancer LR. If confirmed by future studies, TLV in normal epithelial cells adjacent to tumor has the potential to become a promising biomarker for predicting breast cancer LR after breast conserving surgery.
authors.affiliation: Carcinogenesis, Biomarkers and Epidemiology Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Alan K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Meeker
authors.forename: Kepher H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Makambi
authors.forename: Ourania
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kosti
authors.forename: Bhaskar V S
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Kallakury
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sidawy
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Loffredo
authors.forename: Yun-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016615:Telomere
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
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