Effects of chemotherapy dose reductions in overweight patients with acute myeloid leukaemia: A Danish nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Overweight patients with cancer are frequently reduced in chemotherapy dose due to toxicity concerns, although previous studies have indicated that dose reduction (DR) of overweight patients results in comparable toxicity but may compromise overall survival (OS). Current evidence regarding DR in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is limited. To investigate the association between DR and outcome among overweight patients with AML we analysed a Danish nationwide cohort of overweight adult AML patients treated with remission induction chemotherapy. Among 536 patients identified, 10.1% were categorized as DR defined as 95% or less of full body surface area (BSA)-based dose. Risk factors for DR were high body mass index (BMI) and BSA, therapy-related AML and favourable cytogenetics. No

SUBMITTER: Kristensen DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9825846 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature