Association of cancer treatment with excess heart age among young breast cancer survivors.

Authors

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Jacqueline B Vo

National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD

Jacqueline B Vo , Shoshana M. Rosenberg , Philip Daniel Poorvu , Kathryn Jean Ruddy , Rulla Tamimi , Jeffrey M. Peppercorn , Lidia Schapira , Virginia F. Borges , Steven E. Come , Anju Nohria , Ann H. Partridge

Organizations

National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Department of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Stanford University and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Boston, MA

Research Funding

Other Foundation
Breast Cancer Research Foundation/Susan G. Komen

Background: Young women with breast cancer may be at increased risk for premature development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in part due to their cancer treatment. Limited data are available on CVD risk among young breast cancer survivors. Methods: Women aged 30-40 years at diagnosis with stage 0-III breast cancer enrolled in a prospective cohort study of women diagnosed with breast cancer at ≤40 were eligible for inclusion in this analysis. Data were obtained from serial surveys and electronic medical records at breast cancer diagnosis and 5-year follow-up. We calculated “excess heart age,” which incorporates a CVD risk-based score (calculated using age, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure medication, diabetes, smoking, body mass index) to estimate the difference in years between an individual’s chronological age and their CVD-risk adjusted age. Multivariable logistic regression models (adjusting for age at diagnosis, stage, and race) were fitted to evaluate associations between treatment (radiation, endocrine therapy, anthracyclines, and trastuzumab) and having a change in excess heart age ≥2 years from baseline to 5 years. Results: Among 372 young breast cancer survivors, mean age at diagnosis was 36.6 (SD 2.89), 93% were white, and 79% were diagnosed with stage I or II breast cancer. Mean excess heart age was.32 (SD: 6.16) years at baseline, which declined to -.07 (SD 6.64) at 5-year follow-up (p=.17). At 5 years, 31% (n=114) of women experienced an increase of at least 2 years in their excess heart age since diagnosis, and their mean excess heart age was 4.34 years (range -9 to 30). In multivariable analyses, receipt of trastuzumab was associated with higher odds (OR: 1.68, 95% CI: 1.02-2.77) of experiencing an increase of ≥2 years in excess heart age between diagnosis and 5 years of follow-up. Endocrine therapy, anthracyclines, and radiation were not significantly associated with a change in excess heart age of ≥2 years at 5 years post-diagnosis. Conclusions: At 5 years post-diagnosis, approximately 1/3 of young breast cancer survivors experienced a change from baseline in their excess heart age of ≥2 years. Further research is warranted to confirm findings regarding trastuzumab and excess heart age, and potential effects on longer-term cardiac outcomes in this population. Extended follow-up of this cohort may further quantify CVD risk over time.

Association of treatment with change in excess heart age of ≥2 years from diagnosis to 5-year follow-up.

Cancer Treatment
Odds Ratio
95% CI

Lower
95% CI

Upper
Standard Error
P
Anthracyclines
1.31
.74
2.35
.39
.354
Trastuzumab
1.68
1.02
2.77
.43
.040
Radiation therapy
.75
.44
1.28
.20
.296
Endocrine therapy
.86
.52
1.40
.21
.532

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Symptoms and Survivorship

Track

Symptom Science and Palliative Care

Sub Track

Late and Long-Term Adverse Effects

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 12081)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.12081

Abstract #

12081

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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