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Lactate concentration in breast cancer using advanced magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jiabao He

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Abstract

© 2020, The Author(s).Background: Precision medicine in breast cancer demands markers sensitive to early treatment response. Aerobic glycolysis (AG) upregulates lactate dehydrogenase A (LDH-A) with elevated lactate production; however, existing approaches for lactate quantification are either invasive or impractical clinically. Methods: Thirty female patients (age 39–78 years, 15 grade II and 15 grade III) with invasive ductal carcinoma were enrolled. Lactate concentration was quantified from freshly excised whole tumours with double quantum filtered (DQF) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI), LDH-A and proliferative marker Ki-67 were assessed histologically. Results: There was a significantly higher lactate concentration (t = 2.2224, p = 0.0349) in grade III (7.7 ± 2.9 mM) than in grade II (5.5 ± 2.4 mM). Lactate concentration was correlated with NPI (ρ = 0.3618, p = 0.0495), but not with Ki-67 (ρ = 0.3041, p = 0.1023) or tumour size (r = 0.1716, p = 0.3645). Lactate concentration was negatively correlated with LDH-A (ρ = −0.3734, p = 0.0421). Conclusion: Our results showed that lactate concentration in whole breast tumour from DQF MRS is sensitive to tumour grades and patient prognosis.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Cheung SM, Husain E, Masannat Y, Miller ID, Wahle K, Heys SD, He J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: British Journal of Cancer

Year: 2020

Volume: 123

Issue: 2

Pages: 261-267

Print publication date: 21/07/2020

Online publication date: 19/05/2020

Acceptance date: 22/04/2020

Date deposited: 01/11/2022

ISSN (print): 0007-0920

ISSN (electronic): 1532-1827

Publisher: Springer Nature

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0886-7

DOI: 10.1038/s41416-020-0886-7

PubMed id: 32424149


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Friends of Aberdeen and North Centre for Haematology, Oncology and Radiotherapy (ANCHOR) (RS2015 004)
RS2015 004

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