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ABSTRACT: Purpose
The phase III DATA study compared 6 and 3 years of adjuvant anastrozole following 2-3 years of tamoxifen in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. This pre-planned side-study assessed the relationship between a reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS), and evaluated the effect of bisphosphonates on DRFS.Methods
We selected all patients with a BMD measurement within 3 years after randomisation (landmark) without any DRFS events. Kaplan-Meier methods and Cox proportional hazards models were used for analyses.Results
Of 1860 eligible patients, 1142 had a DEXA scan before the landmark. The BMD was normal in 436 (38.2%) and showed osteopenia in 565 (49.5%) and osteoporosis in 141 (12.3%) patients. After a median follow-up of 5.0 years from the landmark, neither osteopenia nor osteoporosis (compared with normal BMD) were associated with DRFS in both the 6-year [osteopenia HR 0.82 (95% CI 0.45-1.49), osteoporosis HR 1.10 (95% CI 0.26-4.67)] and the 3-year arm [osteopenia HR 0.75 (95% CI 0.40-1.42), osteoporosis HR 1.86 (95% CI 0.43-8.01)]. Moreover, bisphosphonate use did not impact DRFS.Conclusion
No association was observed between a reduced BMD and DRFS. Neither did we observe an impact of bisphosphonates on DRFS.
SUBMITTER: van Hellemond IEG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7103013 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Hellemond Irene E G IEG Smorenburg Carolien H CH Peer Petronella G M PGM Swinkels Astrid C P ACP Seynaeve Caroline M CM van der Sangen Maurice J C MJC Kroep Judith R JR de Graaf Hiltje H Honkoop Aafke H AH Erdkamp Frans L G FLG van den Berkmortel Franchette W P J FWPJ de Roos Wilfred K WK Linn Sabine C SC Imholz Alexander L T ALT de Boer Maaike M Tjan-Heijnen Vivianne C G VCG
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<h4>Purpose</h4>The phase III DATA study compared 6 and 3 years of adjuvant anastrozole following 2-3 years of tamoxifen in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. This pre-planned side-study assessed the relationship between a reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and distant recurrence-free survival (DRFS), and evaluated the effect of bisphosphonates on DRFS.<h4>Methods</h4>We selected all patients with a BMD measurement within 3 years after randomisation (landmark) without any DRFS events. Kaplan ...[more]