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NDRG1 Expression Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in Inflammatory Breast Cancer.


ABSTRACT: NDRG1 is widely described as a metastasis suppressor in breast cancer. However, we found that NDRG1 is critical in promoting tumorigenesis and brain metastasis in mouse models of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), a rare but highly aggressive form of breast cancer. We hypothesized that NDRG1 is a prognostic marker associated with poor outcome in patients with IBC. NDRG1 levels in tissue microarrays from 64 IBC patients were evaluated by immunohistochemical staining with NDRG1 (32 NDRG1-low (?median), 32 NDRG1-high (>median)). Overall and disease-free survival (OS and DSS) were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank test. Univariate analysis showed NDRG1 expression, tumor grade, disease stage, estrogen receptor (ER) status, and receipt of adjuvant radiation to be associated with OS and DSS. NDRG1-high patients had poorer 10-year OS and DSS than NDRG1-low patients (OS, 19% vs. 45%, p = 0.0278; DSS, 22% vs. 52%, p = 0.0139). On multivariable analysis, NDRG1 independently predicted OS (hazard ratio (HR) = 2.034, p = 0.0274) and DSS (HR = 2.287, p = 0.0174). NDRG1-high ER-negative tumors had worse outcomes OS, p = 0.0003; DSS, p = 0.0003; and NDRG1-high tumors that received adjuvant radiation treatment had poor outcomes (OS, p = 0.0088; DSS, p = 0.0093). NDRG1 was a significant independent prognostic factor for OS and DSS in IBC patients. Targeting NDRG1 may represent a novel strategy for improving clinical outcomes for patients with IBC.

SUBMITTER: Villodre ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7763268 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NDRG1 Expression Is an Independent Prognostic Factor in Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

Villodre Emilly S ES   Gong Yun Y   Hu Xiaoding X   Huo Lei L   Yoon Esther C EC   Ueno Naoto T NT   Woodward Wendy A WA   Tripathy Debu D   Song Juhee J   Debeb Bisrat G BG  

Cancers 20201210 12


NDRG1 is widely described as a metastasis suppressor in breast cancer. However, we found that NDRG1 is critical in promoting tumorigenesis and brain metastasis in mouse models of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), a rare but highly aggressive form of breast cancer. We hypothesized that NDRG1 is a prognostic marker associated with poor outcome in patients with IBC. NDRG1 levels in tissue microarrays from 64 IBC patients were evaluated by immunohistochemical staining with NDRG1 (32 NDRG1-low (≤medi  ...[more]

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