Sleeping Quality, Negative Emotions & Awakening Cortisol Level in Chinese Female Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainbow T. H. Ho ◽  
Irene K. M. Cheung ◽  
Cecilia L. W. Chan ◽  
Paul S. F. Yip ◽  
Phyllis H. Y. Lo ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Bartlett ◽  
Tulay Koru-Sengul ◽  
Feng Miao ◽  
Stacey L. Tannenbaum ◽  
David J. Lee ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 107 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 2-2
Author(s):  
H Gadelrab ◽  
M Mokhtar ◽  
H Morsy ◽  
M Elnaggar

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most frequently occurring cancer among females and the second most common cancer overall. Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) plays an important role in blocking ‘cancer-immunity cycle’ and is considered as a major inhibitory pathway. The aim of the present study was to clarify the alterations of expression of PD-L1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cytes (PBMCs) of female breast cancer patients and analyze its association with clinico-pathological criteria as well as therapeutic response. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 45 female breast cancer patients and 45 female controls. Blood samples were collected followed by PBMCs isolation, total RNA extraction, reverse transcription and finally, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) using SYBR Green DNA binding dye. Expression levels of PD-L1 were calculated and then compared with clinicopathological parameters of the patients in addition to initial therapeutic response. Results: A significant difference was detected for PD-L1 expression levels in breast cancer patients compared to controls. A significant association with age, metastatic breast cancer, estrogen receptor (ER) negative status as well as high concentrations of cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3) was detected. On the other hand, no significant association was recognized with tumor size, lymph nodal status, histopathological type, grade, progesterone receptor (PR) status, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) status, triple negative, among de novo and recurrent metastatic patients and for the number of metastatic sites as well as the therapeutic response. Conclusions: This study paves the way of the use of PD-L1 as a noninvasive prognostic and diagnostic biomarker for poor prognosis of breast cancer.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. A459
Author(s):  
X Tan ◽  
F Camacho ◽  
V LeBaron ◽  
L Blackhall ◽  
R Balkrishnan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Xu ◽  
Shanshan Bu ◽  
Xiushen Wang ◽  
Hong Ge

Abstract Purpose The application of postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) in T1–2 female breast cancer patients with 1–3 positive lymph nodes has been controversial. We sought to determine the survival benefits of PMRT in the patients with T1–2 and 1–3 positive nodes. Methods A retrospective study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Regs Custom Data (with additional treatment fields) from 2001 to 2011 was performed. Patients who received PMRT were matched by the propensity score with patients who did not receive PMRT. The Overall survival (OS) and breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) were analyzed. Results We identified 56,725 female breast cancer patients with T1–2 and 1–3 positive nodes, and 18,646 patients were included in the analysis. After propensity score matching (1:1), with a median follow-up of 116 months, PMRT showed an increase in the OS (P = 0.018) but had no effect on the BCSS. The 10-year OS rates were 76.8% and 74.4%, and the 10-year BCSS rates were 82.8% and 82.2% for the patients who received and who did not receive PMRT, respectively. Only patients with 3 positive nodes could gain the benefit of PMRT for BCSS. Conclusion PMRT for patients with T1–2 and 1–3 positive lymph nodes could increase the 10-year OS, and had no effect on the 10-year BCSS. Subgroup analysis indicated that only patients with 3 positive lymph nodes could benefit from PMRT for both the OS and BCSS.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. e0222860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Hua Chen ◽  
Ching-Heng Lin ◽  
Der-Yuan Chen ◽  
Wen-Cheng Chao ◽  
Yi-Hsing Chen ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
N. Mohamad Zahari ◽  
A. Mohamad Nawi ◽  
A. Azmil ◽  
I.N. Sabri ◽  
J. Veno ◽  
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