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ArticleScientific reports2021

Systemic immunity markers associated with lymphocytes predict the survival benefit from paclitaxel plus bevacizumab in HER2 negative advanced breast cancer.

Shogo Nakamoto, Masahiko Ikeda, Shinichiro Kubo, Mari Yamamoto, Tetsumasa Yamashita, Akifumi Notsu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shogo NakamotoDivision of Breast and Thyroid Gland Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. nakamoto0246@fchp.jp.ORCID 0000-0001-8043-8608
Masahiko IkedaDivision of Breast and Thyroid Gland Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Shinichiro KuboDivision of Breast and Thyroid Gland Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Mari YamamotoDivision of Breast and Thyroid Gland Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tetsumasa YamashitaDivision of Breast and Thyroid Gland Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, 5-23-1 Zao, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Akifumi NotsuDivision of Clinical Research Center, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Fukuyama City Hospital · JPShizuoka Cancer Center · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although paclitaxel plus bevacizumab (PB) therapy is an effective chemotherapeutic regimen for HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (ABC), predictive markers for its effectiveness remain undefined. We investigated the usefulness of systemic immunity markers associated with lymphocytes as predictive markers for PB therapy in patients with HER2-negative ABC. We retrospectively reviewed data from 114 patients with HER2-negative ABC who underwent PB therapy from November 2011 to December 2019. We calculated the absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) as representative systemic immunity markers. The time to treatment failure (TTF) and overall survival (OS) of the patients with high ALC, low NLR, and high LMR were significantly longer compared with those of the patients with low ALC, high NLR, and low LMR. A multivariable analysis revealed that high ALC, low NLR, and low PLR were independent predictors for TTF and high ALC, low NLR, and high LMR were independent predictors for OS. Systemic immunity markers were significantly associated with longer TTF and OS in patients who underwent PB therapy and may represent predictive markers for PB therapy in patients with HER2-negative ABC.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBevacizumabBlood Cell CountBlood PlateletsBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansImmunityLymphocytesMiddle AgedMonocytesNeutrophilsBevacizumabERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesPaclitaxel

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PMID33737682
PMCPMC7973794
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