The rates of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea in patients treated with adjuvant doxorubicin-and cyclophosphamide followed by a taxane
The rates of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea in patients treated with adjuvant doxorubicin-and cyclophosphamide followed by a taxane
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DOI:
10.1097/01.coc.0000251398.57630.4f
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Kramer, Rita
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作者:
Tham, Yee-Lu;Sexton, Krystal;Kramer, Rita
Objective: Adjuvant chemotherapy in premenopausal women with breast cancer may induce amenorrhea, which can affect fertility, choice of hormonal therapy, and increase the risk of late toxicity. The incidence of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) resulting from doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by a taxane (T) is poorly characterized.Methods: We retrospectively surveyed women who were premenopausal and less than age 50 at initiation of chemotherapy to determine the rates of CIA in women receiving AC followed by T compared with AC alone.Results: One hundred ninety-one eligible women completed the survey. The rate of CIA in women who received AC followed by T was 64% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 55-72%) compared with 55% (95% CI = 43-66%) in AC alone. As expected, CIA rates were higher in older than younger women (82% vs. 55%, P = 0.004). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age >40 was associated with a 4.6-fold increased risk of CIA (95% CI = 1.7-12. 1, P = 0.002). It also revealed that receiving T after AC was associated with an odds ratio of 1.9 for CIA as compared with receiving AC alone (95% CI = 1.0-3.5, P = 0.05). Despite >= 6 months of amenorrhea, many women >= 40 resumed menses (40%). CIA was more likely to be irreversible in those >40. The addition of taxanes did not alter the rate of reversibility for the group as a whole (P = 0.36).Conclusions: Older age and the addition of taxane to AC increased the risk of CIA and the amenorrhea was more likely to be irreversible for women >40. Women