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Takayuki Iwamoto
Department Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Position Assistant Professor |
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| Article types | 原著 |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Influences of preoperative metformin on immunological factors in early breast cancer. |
| Journal | Formal name：Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology Abbreviation：Cancer Chemother Pharmacol ISSN code：14320843/03445704 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 86(1),pp.55-63 |
| Author and coauthor | Takahiro Tsukioki, Tadahiko Shien, Takehiro Tanaka, Yoko Suzuki, Yukiko Kajihara, Minami Hatono, Kengo Kawada, Mariko Kochi, Takayuki Iwamoto, Hirokuni Ikeda, Naruto Taira, Hiroyoshi Doihara, Shinichi Toyooka |
| Authorship | Lead author,Corresponding author |
| Publication date | 2020/07 |
| Summary | PURPOSE:Metformin has been suggested to possibly reduce cancer risk. However, the mechanism underlying the positive effects of metformin on cancer treatment remains unclear. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the effects of preoperative metformin in patients with early breast cancer.METHOD:We evaluated the effects on immunological factors (TILs, CD4 + , CD8 + , PD-L1, IFNγ and IL-2) by comparing core needle biopsies (CNB) obtained before metformin treatment with surgical specimens. Seventeen patients were enrolled in this prospective study from January to December 2016. We also analyzed 59 patients undergoing surgery during the same period to reveal the correlation of immune factors between CNB and surgical specimen.RESULT:There was a moderate correlation between CNB and surgical specimens on TILs and CD8 + lymphocyte. (TILs Rs = 0.63, CD4 + Rs = 0.224, CD8 + Rs = 0.42) In the metformin group, TILs increases were confirmed in five (29%) patients, while a decrease was confirmed in two (12%). The expressions of CD4 + and CD8 + by TILs were increased in 41% and 18% of surgical specimens, respectively. However, TILs number (p = 0.0554), CD4+ (p = 0.0613) and CD8 + (p = 0.0646) expressions did not significantly increased. Furthermore, IFNγ expression appeared to be increased in response to metformin (p = 0.08).CONCLUSION:Preoperative metformin tends to increase TILs, as well as the numbers of CD4 and CD8 positive lymphocytes, and IFNγ levels. Metformin might improve immune function and have a possibility of chemo-sensitivity and thereby increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy, based on the results of this preliminary study. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00280-020-04092-2 |
| PMID | 32533334 |