Impact of breast cancer treatment on body mass index (BMI) over time.

Authors

Raquel Reinbolt

Raquel E. Reinbolt

The Ohio State University Medical Center James CCC, Columbus, OH

Raquel E. Reinbolt , Xueliang Jeff Pan , Kaitlin K. Wandell , Robert Pilarski , Rachel M. Layman , Ewa Mrozek , Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy , Robert Wesolowski , Maryam B. Lustberg

Organizations

The Ohio State University Medical Center James CCC, Columbus, OH, Center for Biostatistics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, Division of Human Genetics and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Weight gain concerns breast cancer patients, can impact quality of life, may lead to therapy non-adherence, and is associated with increased recurrence risk and mortality. Early placebo-controlled trials did not identify a clear correlation between Tamoxifen (TAM) and weight gain; gain due to aromatase inhibitors (AIs) is not well characterized. We hypothesized that weight gain occurs more frequently than previously reported in breast cancer patients receiving endocrine therapy. Methods: This is a retrospective chart review investigating body mass index (BMI) change in women after breast cancer therapy. Patients with early stage breast cancer and whom had BMI and treatment data (at least 90 days) from 2003-2012 were identified in The Columbus Breast Cancer Tissue Bank. Patients were separated by treatment received: chemotherapy with and without endocrine therapy vs. endocrine therapy alone (including both TAM and AIs) vs. no other treatment. Results: A total of 970 subjects were included in the analysis. At diagnosis and/or treatment initiation, patients’ mean BMI was 29.2 ± 7.0 kg/m2; mean age 53.7± 11.6 years; and average length of therapy/follow up per patient, 1833 days (range 90-3,990). Patients who received an AI alone had significantly decreased BMIs during therapy (-0.65± 0.29 kg/m2, p = 0.025), whereas patients receiving chemotherapy alone, chemotherapy with TAM, or TAM followed by AI therapy, had significantly increased BMIs (0.51 ± 0.25, 0.73 ± 0.26, 1.01 ± 0.51 kg/m2; p = 0.039, 0.005, 0.045, respectively). Both older age and a higher BMI at diagnosis were associated with a significantly greater decline in BMI over treatment time (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). In a multivariate regression model, after adjusting for age and initial BMI effect, the BMI change noted among different treatment groups was no longer significantly different (p = 0.43). BMI change was not statistically associated with treatment length (p = 0.26). Conclusions: Our review of a large, early stage breast cancer patient cohort showed no association between weight gain and endocrine therapy after adjusting for the effect of initial BMI and age at diagnosis. Additional study is needed to identify other factors impacting weight in this population.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2015 Breast Cancer Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Systemic Therapy, Survivorship, and Health Policy

Track

Systemic Therapy,Local/Regional Therapy,Survivorship and Health Policy

Sub Track

Quality of Life

Citation

J Clin Oncol 33, 2015 (suppl 28S; abstr 94)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2015.33.28_suppl.94

Abstract #

94

Poster Bd #

D1

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