An Jeongshin, Kwon Hyungju, Kim Young Ju
Institute of Convergence Medicine Research, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 07985, Republic of Korea.
Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 07985, Republic of Korea.
Cancers (Basel). 2023 Sep 9;15(18):4492. doi: 10.3390/cancers15184492.
Patients diagnosed with breast cancer are likely to be diagnosed with thyroid cancer as a second primary cancer. Similarly, patients with thyroid cancer are likely to develop breast cancer. In this study, we found an association between these two types of cancers in the microbiomes of patients with breast cancer. Blood samples were collected from 96 patients with breast cancer, their bacterial extracellular vesicles were isolated, and their microbiomes were analyzed. After microbiome analysis, researchers performed thyroid function tests, estrogen levels, and thyroid ultrasound results of these patients, and the relationships among these parameters were analyzed. Based on the thyroid ultrasonography results, differences in the microbiome were confirmed in the normal, cyst, nodule, and thyroid lobectomy groups. We investigated the microbiome differences between normal thyroid and thyroid cancer. In particular, the abundance of the genus is related to estrogen levels, which could affect thyroid abnormalities and increase thyroid-stimulating hormone levels. This study explains the causes of thyroid cancer in patients with breast cancer using microbiomes and serological tests for thyroid hormones and estrogen. These can be used as basic data for preventing thyroid cancer in patients with breast cancer.
被诊断患有乳腺癌的患者很可能被诊断出患有甲状腺癌作为第二原发性癌症。同样,患有甲状腺癌的患者也很可能患上乳腺癌。在这项研究中,我们在乳腺癌患者的微生物群中发现了这两种癌症之间的关联。从96名乳腺癌患者身上采集血样,分离出他们的细菌细胞外囊泡,并分析他们的微生物群。在进行微生物群分析后,研究人员对这些患者进行了甲状腺功能测试、雌激素水平检测以及甲状腺超声检查,并分析了这些参数之间的关系。根据甲状腺超声检查结果,在正常、囊肿、结节和甲状腺叶切除组中确认了微生物群的差异。我们研究了正常甲状腺与甲状腺癌之间的微生物群差异。特别是,某属的丰度与雌激素水平有关,这可能会影响甲状腺异常并增加促甲状腺激素水平。本研究利用微生物群以及甲状腺激素和雌激素的血清学检测来解释乳腺癌患者患甲状腺癌的原因。这些可以作为预防乳腺癌患者患甲状腺癌的基础数据。