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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Does Not Correlate with Risk for Maternal Breast Cancer: Results from the Finnish Maternity Cohort




TekijätFortner RT, Schock H, Kaaks R, Lehtinen M, Pukkala E, Lakso HA, Tanner M, Kallio R, Joensuu H, Korpela J, Toriola AT, Hallmans G, Grankvist K, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Toniolo P, Lundin E, Surcel HM, Surcel HM

KustantajaAMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH

Julkaisuvuosi2017

Lehti:Cancer Research

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiCANCER RESEARCH

Lehden akronyymiCANCER RES

Vuosikerta77

Numero1

Aloitussivu134

Lopetussivu141

Sivujen määrä8

ISSN0008-5472

eISSN1538-7445

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1524


Tiivistelmä
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is necessary for the maintenance of early pregnancy and promotes normal breast cell differentiation. Administered hCG reduces risk of carcinogen-induced breast cancer in animal models, and higher circulating hCGconcentrations were associated with significantly lower long-term risk of breast cancer in a prior nested case-control study. In this study, we investigated early-pregnancy hCG concentrations and subsequent breast cancer risk. We conducted a nested case-control study with 1,191 cases and 2,257 controls (matched on age and date at blood collection) in the Finnish Maternity Cohort, a cohort with serum samples from 98% of pregnancies registered in Finland since 1983. This study included women with a serum sample collected early (<140 days gestation) in their first pregnancy resulting in a live, term birth. Breast cancer cases were identified via the Finnish Cancer Registry. Age at breast cancer diagnosis ranged from 22 to 58 years (mean: 41 years). hCG was measured using a solid-phase competitive chemiluminescence assay. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated using conditional logistic regression. We observed no association between hCG and breast cancer risk, overall [Quartile 4 vs. 1, OR, 1.14; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.94-1.39], by estrogen and progesterone receptor status, or by ages at first-term birth or diagnosis. Associations did not differ by time between pregnancy and diagnosis ( e.g., <5 years, ORQ4 (vs).(Q1), 1.10; 95% CI, 0.64-1.89; >= 15 years, ORQ4 vs. Q1, 1.36; 95% CI, 0.86-2.13; (Pheterogeneity) = 0.62). This large prospective study does not support an inverse relationship between early pregnancy serum hCG concentrations and breast cancer risk. (C) 2016 AACR.



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