Dose-dependent relation between metformin and the risk of hormone receptor-positive, her2-negative breast cancer among postmenopausal women with type-2 diabetes

Purpose Metformin has demonstrated a chemoprotective effect in breast cancer but there is limited evidence on the effect of cumulative exposure to metformin and the risk of hormone receptor-positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR + /HER2-) breast cancer. This study assessed this risk with dose and intensity of metformin in postmenopausal women with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods This nested case–control study used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data (2008–2015). Cohort entry was the date of incident T2DM diagnosis. Cases were those diagnosed with HR + /HER2- breast cancer (event date) as their first/only cancer. Non-cancer T2DM controls were matched using variable-ratio-matching. Cumulative dose and average intensity of metformin were measured during the 1-year lookback period. Dose(mg) was categorized as: (1)0, (2)0–30,000, (3)30,001–136,000, (4)136,001–293,000, and (5) > 293,000, and intensity(mg/day) as: 0, 1–500, and > 500. Covariates were conceptualized using the Andersen Behavioral Model. Conditional logistic regression was used to assess the risk of HR + /HER2- breast cancer with metformin-use. Results There were 690 cases and 2747 controls. The median duration of T2DM was 1178 days in controls and 1180 days in cases. Higher cumulative dose categories: 4 (adjusted odds ratio(aOR) = 0.72, 95% CI 0.55–0.95,p = 0.02), and 5 (OR = 0.60, 95% CI 0.42–0.85,p < 0.01) had significantly lower odds of HR + /HER2- breast cancer compared to category 0. The highest intensity category of metformin had 39% lower odds of HR + /HER2- breast cancer (OR = 0.61, 95% CI 0.46–0.82,p < 0.01) compared to the 0 mg/day group. Conclusions Higher metformin exposure was associated with reduced risk of HR + /HER2- breast cancer, adding to the evidence supporting metformin’s chemoprotective effect..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:195

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Breast cancer research and treatment - 195(2022), 3 vom: 15. Aug., Seite 421-430

Sprache:

Englisch

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Chikermane, Soumya G. [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Manvi [VerfasserIn]
Abughosh, Susan M. [VerfasserIn]
Aparasu, Rajender R. [VerfasserIn]
Trivedi, Meghana V. [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Michael L. [VerfasserIn]

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Breast cancer risk
Chemoprevention
Metformin
Postmenopausal women
Type-2 diabetes

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10.1007/s10549-022-06706-0

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OLC2079509799