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TPOAb and Thyroid Function Are Not Associated with Breast Cancer Outcome: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study Using Data from the Taxotere as Adjuvant Chemotherapy Trial (TACT, CRUK01/001).

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2017-07
ICR Author
Bliss, Judith
Kilburn, Lucy
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Muller, I
Kilburn, LS
Taylor, PN
Barrett-Lee, PJ
Bliss, JM
Ellis, P
Ludgate, ME
Dayan, CM
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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>Small-scale studies correlated the presence of thyroid autoimmunity with both improved or worsened breast cancer outcome.<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to clarify this association in a large cohort using the phase III, randomized, controlled Taxotere as Adjuvant Chemotherapy Trial (TACT, CRUK01/001).<h4>Methods</h4>TACT women >18 years old with node-positive or high-risk node-negative early breast cancer (pT1-3a, pN0-1, M0), with stored plasma (<i>n</i> = 1,974), taken 15.5 (median; IQR 7.0-24.0) months after breast surgery were studied. Patients had also received chemotherapy (100%), radiotherapy (1,745/1,974; 88.4%), hormonal therapy (1,378/ 1,974; 69.8%), or trastuzumab (48/1,974; 2.4%). History of thyroid diseases and/or related treatments was not available. The prognostic significance of autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb; positive ≥6 kIU/L), free-thyroxine and thyrotropin (combined: euthyroid, hypothyroid, hyperthyroid) was evaluated for disease-free survival (DFS), overall-survival (OS), and time-to-recurrence (TTR), with Cox regression models in univariate and multivariable analyses. The extended median follow-up was 97.5 months.<h4>Results</h4>No difference in DFS was found by TPOAb status (unadjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 0.97, 95%CI: 0.78-1.19; <i>p</i> = 0.75) and/or thyroid function (unadjusted HR [hypothyroid vs. euthyroid]: 1.15, 95% CI: 0.79-1.68; <i>p</i> = 0.46; unadjusted HR [hyperthyroid vs. euthyroid]: 1.14, 95% CI: 0.82-1.61; <i>p</i> = 0.44). Similar results were obtained for OS, TTR, multivariable analyses, when TPOAb titre by tertiles was considered, and in a subgroup of 123 patients with plasma collected before adjuvant treatments.<h4>Conclusions</h4>No evidence for a prognostic role of TPOAb and/or thyroid function in moderate-to-high-risk early breast cancer was found in the largest and longest observational study to date.
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https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/3760
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http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
Funder
The Institute of Cancer Research (Grant ID: Unspecified)
Version of record
10.1159/000460246
Research team
Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
Language
eng
Date accepted
2017-02-07
License start date
2017-07
Citation
European thyroid journal, 2017, 6 (4), pp. 197 - 207

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