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Osteoporosis after adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer.

Osteoporosis after adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer.

Authors :
Christensen CØ
Jensen MB
Hermann AP
Ewertz M
Source :
Danish medical journal [Dan Med J] 2020 Oct 20; Vol. 67 (11). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 20.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Introduction: Adjuvant treatment of early-stage breast cancer has been associated with bone loss in randomised trials, but evidence from unselected populations is needed. In a single-center study, we assessed the annual percentage change in bone mineral density (∆BMDt) and risk of osteoporosis from two to five years after adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with oestrogen-receptor-positive and oestrogen-receptor-negative tumours.<br />Methods: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was performed in 241 recurrence-free Danish breast cancer patients, among whom 157 had a prior DXA scan within two years of chemotherapy ("early"). Linear regression was used to assess ∆BMDt in spine and hip according to age, different health-related variables and time since early DXA.<br />Results: Based on 157 patients, we observed annual decreases in spine BMD of 1.73% (95% confidence interval (CI): -2.01--1.44, p less than 0.001) and hip BMD of 1.30% (95% CI: -1.51--1.09, p less than 0.001). Patients aged less than 50 years at diagnosis had a significant decrease in mean spine BMD of 2.23% (95% CI: -2.78--1.68), whereas the decline was more limited in patients aged 50-59 years and patients aged 60 years or older with a mean spine BMD of 1.70% (95% CI: -2.07--1.34) and 0.81% (95% CI: -1.42--0.20), respectively. The results persisted in multivariable analyses. Osteoporosis was diagnosed in 9% of patients, all postmenopausal.<br />Conclusions: Adjuvant anthracycline-taxane-based chemotherapy followed by endocrine therapy caused bone loss, especially in younger compared with older patients with early-stage breast cancer, confirming the results from randomised trials.<br />Funding: This work was supported by the Region of Southern Denmark (grant number 13/7078); the University of Southern Denmark (grant number 00-101-000); the Danish Cancer Society (grant number R90-A6210-14-52); the Department of Oncology and Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital; and the Consultant Council Scholarship, Odense University Hospital.<br />Trial Registration: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee in Region of Southern Denmark (Project ID S-20140142) and the Danish Data Protection Board (ID 2008-58-0035).<br /> (Articles published in the DMJ are “open access”. This means that the articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2245-1919
Volume :
67
Issue :
11
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Danish medical journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33215600