History of oral contraceptive use in breast cancer patients: impact on prognosis and endocrine treatment response.
Författare
Summary, in English
The purpose was to study oral contraceptive (OC) use in relation to breast cancer events and endocrine treatment response in a prospective population-based cohort, because it is unclear whether history of OC use impacts on prognosis in breast cancer patients. Between 2002 and 2011, 994 primary breast cancer patients without preoperative treatment were enrolled in Lund, Sweden and followed until December 2012. History of OC use was obtained from preoperative questionnaires. Tumor characteristics, clinical data, and date of death were obtained from pathology reports, patient charts, and population registries. Among the 948 patients with invasive cancer and no metastasis detected on the post-operative screen, 74 % had ever used OCs. Patients were followed for up to nine years (median follow-up 3 years), and 100 breast cancer events were recorded. Ever OC use was not associated with prognosis, irrespective of duration. However, any OC use before age 20 was associated with a threefold increased risk for breast cancer events in patients <50 years but not in patients ≥50 years (P interaction = 0.009). In patients ≥50 years with estrogen receptor positive tumors, previous OC use at any age was associated with a significantly decreased risk of breast cancer events among patients who received aromatase inhibitors compared to patients who never used OCs (adjusted HR 0.37: 95 % CI 0.15-0.87). OC use was not associated with tamoxifen-response. If confirmed, history of OC use may yield valuable prognostic and treatment predictive information in addition to currently used criteria.
Avdelning/ar
- Epidemiologi och farmakogenetik
- Bröstcancer-genetik
- Tumörmikromiljö
- Kirurgi, Lund
- BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
505-515
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Volym
149
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Cancer and Oncology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Epidemiology and pharmacogenetics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1573-7217