title: SERUM THYROTROPIN CONCENTRATIONS ARE NOT PREDICTIVE OF AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCER BIOLOGY IN EUTHYROID INDIVIDUALS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The potential influence of hypothyroidism on breast cancer remains incompletely understood. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH) concentration and markers of aggressive breast cancer biology as defined by receptor expression profile, tumor grade, and American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective cohort study of patients from 2002 to 2014. All breast cancer patients who had complete receptor (estrogen receptor, ER; progesterone receptor, PR; and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, Her2/neu) and prediagnosis serum TSH data (n = 437) were included. All patients had 1 of 6 receptor profiles: ER+ PR+ Her2/neu-, ER+ PR- Her2/neu-, ER+ PR+ Her2/neu+, ER+ PR- Her2/neu+, ER- PR- Her2/neu+, or ER- PR- Her2/neu-. Log-transformed serum TSH concentrations were analyzed using multinomial and logistic regressions to identify potential relationships with markers of breast cancer aggressiveness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Increasing serum TSH concentration was associated with a lower probability of having the receptor expression profile ER+ PR+ Her2/neu+ compared to patients with the ER+ PR+ Her2/neu- profile (odds ratio [OR] = 0.52, P = .0045). No significant associations between other receptor expression profiles and serum TSH concentration were found. All time-weighted and unweighted median serum TSH concentrations were within normal limits. No significant associations between serum TSH concentration and tumor grade, overall AJCC stage, tumor size (T), lymph node positivity (N), or presence of metastasis (M) were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serum TSH was not associated with markers of breast cancer aggressiveness in our cohort.
authors.forename: Natalie M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hurvitz
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D013972:Thyrotropin; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human