Associations between quantitative measures of mammographic density and terminal ductal lobular unit involution in Chinese breast cancer patients

Autor: Waruiru Mburu, Changyuan Guo, Yuan Tian, Hela Koka, Sheng Fu, Ning Lu, Erni Li, Jing Li, Renata Cora, Ariane Chan, Jennifer L. Guida, Hyuna Sung, Gretchen L. Gierach, Mustapha Abubakar, Kai Yu, Xiaohong R. Yang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Breast Cancer Research, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-024-01856-z
Popis: Abstract Background Higher mammographic density (MD), a radiological measure of the proportion of fibroglandular tissue in the breast, and lower terminal duct lobular unit (TDLU) involution, a histological measure of the amount of epithelial tissue in the breast, are independent breast cancer risk factors. Previous studies among predominantly white women have associated reduced TDLU involution with higher MD. Methods In this cohort of 611 invasive breast cancer patients (ages 23–91 years [58.4% ≥ 50 years]) from China, where breast cancer incidence rates are lower and the prevalence of dense breasts is higher compared with Western countries, we examined the associations between TDLU involution assessed in tumor-adjacent normal breast tissue and quantitative MD assessed in the contralateral breast obtained from the VolparaDensity software. Associations were estimated using generalized linear models with MD measures as the outcome variables (log-transformed), TDLU measures as explanatory variables (categorized into quartiles or tertiles), and adjusted for age, body mass index, parity, age at menarche and breast cancer subtype. Results We found that, among all women, percent dense volume (PDV) was positively associated with TDLU count (highest tertile vs. zero: Expbeta = 1.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.08–1.51, ptrend =
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