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Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue (CLS-B), composed of necrotic adipocytes encircled by macrophages, are associated with obesity and hypothesized to worsen breast cancer prognosis; however, data are sparse, particularly in multi-racial populations.

Methods

We assessed specimens for CLS-B from 174 African-American and 168 White women with stage I-III breast cancer treated by mastectomy. Benign breast tissue from an uninvolved quadrant was immunohistochemically stained for CD68 to determine CLS-B presence and density (per cm² of adipose tissue). Demographic and lifestyle factors, collected via medical record review, were analyzed for associations with CLS-B using logistic regression. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between CLS-B and overall (OS) or progression-free (PFS) survival.

Results

Detection of any CLS-B was similar between African-American (32%) and White (29%) patients with no evidence of an association between race and CLS-B in multivariable models (OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.49-1.36). Detection of CLS-B was associated with obesity (OR = 4.73, 95% CI = 2.48-9.01) and age ≥ 60 years at diagnosis (OR = 1.78, 95% CI = 0.99-3.21). There was some evidence of associations with parity and current smoking status. Detection of CLS-B was not associated with OS (HR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.55-1.87) or PFS (HR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.59-1.67).

Conclusions

Our results show a strong, positive association between BMI and CLS-B in non-tumor tissue similar to previous findings. Detection of CLS-B did not vary by race and was not associated with worse OS or PFS.

SUBMITTER: Maliniak ML

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer.

Maliniak Maret L ML Cheriyan Aswathy Miriam AM Sherman Mark E ME Liu Yuan Y Gogineni Keerthi K Liu Jiaqi J He Jiabei J Krishnamurti Uma U Miller-Kleinhenz Jasmine J Ashiqueali Ryan R He Jinjing J Yacoub Rami R McCullough Lauren E LE

Breast cancer research : BCR 20200617 1

<h4>Background</h4>Crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue (CLS-B), composed of necrotic adipocytes encircled by macrophages, are associated with obesity and hypothesized to worsen breast cancer prognosis; however, data are sparse, particularly in multi-racial populations.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed specimens for CLS-B from 174 African-American and 168 White women with stage I-III breast cancer treated by mastectomy. Benign breast tissue from an uninvolved quadrant was immunohistochemical ...[more]

PMID: 32552729

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Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Detection of crown-like structures in breast adipose tissue and clinical outcomes among African-American and White women with breast cancer.

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