Expression of IL-6 and PRL in breast cancer tissue and its clinical significance

  • GAO Yan-xin ,
  • SUN Jing-bo ,
  • DENG Yun-yao ,
  • LIU Li-xin ,
  • LIU Xiao-long
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  • Department of general surgery,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China

Received date: 2018-03-23

  Online published: 2018-07-04

Abstract

Objective To investigate the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and prolactin (PRL) in breast invasive ductal carcinoma (BIDC) and its clinical significance.   Method Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of IL-6 and PRL in 63 cases of breast cancer and its paraneoplastic tissues and 17 cases of breast fibroadenoma. The clinical pathological parameters and event-free survival were analyzed statistically.   Results The positive rates of IL-6 and PRL in infiltrating ductal carcinoma were higher than those in adjacent tissues and fibroids (P<0.05). The expressions of IL-6 and PRL in the adjacent tissues were higher than those in paratumor tissues (P<0.05). The expression of IL-6 and PRL were correlated with tumor size and TNM stage (P<0.05). There was a significant positive correlation between IL-6 and PRL expression (rs= 0.842, P<0.05). Event-free survival showed that the event-free survival of patients with high expression of IL-6 and PRL was lower than that of patients with low expression (IL-6, Log- rank= 5.186, P= 0.023; PRL, Log- rank= 5.743, respectively. P= 0.017). The univariate Cox risk model showed that lymph node metastasis, high TNM stage, positive IL-6 expression, and positive PRL expression all had influence on the event-free survival of patients.  Conclusion The detection of PRL and IL-6 expression in breast cancer is beneficial to its prognosis diagnosis; Reducing the patient's stress, promoting emotional regulation, improving sleep quality and other factors can, to some extent, reduce the risk of breast cancer, progression and poor prognosis. 

Cite this article

GAO Yan-xin , SUN Jing-bo , DENG Yun-yao , LIU Li-xin , LIU Xiao-long . Expression of IL-6 and PRL in breast cancer tissue and its clinical significance[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2018 , 36(3) : 288 -293 . DOI: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2018.03.010

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