Impact of treatment on patient-reported pain and fatigue in early breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy.

Authors

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Bo Angela Wan

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bo Angela Wan , William Pidduck , Liying Zhang , Caitlin Yee , Katie Wang , Selina Chow , Stephanie Chan , Leah Drost , Hany Soliman , Eric Leung , Philomena Sousa , Donna Lewis , Carlo DeAngelis , Prince Taylor , Edward Chow

Organizations

Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Princess Margaret Hospital, Mississauga, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Research Funding

Other

Background: Patients who receive radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer often report pain and fatigue which contribute negatively to quality of life (QoL). We aim to identify demographic, treatment, and disease characteristics associated with pain and fatigue using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS). Methods: We identified all patients diagnosed with non-metastatic breast cancer from 2011 Jan-2017 Jun at the Odette Cancer Centre with at least one ESAS completed pre- and post-RT. Data on systemic treatment, RT, demographics, and disease stage were extracted. To identify factors associated with pain and fatigue pre- and post-RT and their changes, univariate and multivariable linear regression analysis was conducted. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: This study included 1222 female patients (mean age 59 years old) who completed ESAS on average 28- and 142-days pre-RT (baseline) and post-RT respectively. In multivariable analysis, higher baseline pain scores associated with adjuvant chemotherapy (p < 0.001) and eventual receipt of locoregional (p = 0.026) or chest wall RT (p = 0.003), whereas higher baseline fatigue scores associated with higher disease stages (p = 0.001) and locoregional RT (p < 0.001). Post-RT symptom severity correlated only with locoregional RT (higher pain scores, p < 0.001). Reductions in pain was associated with adjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.002) and chest wall RT (p = 0.031). Reduction in fatigue was associated with adjuvant chemotherapy (p = 0.011) and locoregional RT (p = 0.007) although both had higher pre-RT scores in univariate analysis. Conclusions: Patients at higher disease stages or who received chemotherapy or chest wall RT tended to experience more severe short-term morbidity. However, patients who received locoregional RT tended to have greater pain that persisted after RT completion compared to those who did not.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Adjuvant Therapy

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr e12019)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.e12019

Abstract #

e12019

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