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Wennberg A, Ding M, Feychting M, Modig K. Risk of All-Cause Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and Vascular Dementia in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Longitudinal Register-Based Study. Neurol Clin Pract 2023; 13:e200173. [PMID: 37188244 PMCID: PMC10176959 DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000200173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Background and Objectives Now more than two-thirds of cancer survivors are aged 65 years or older, but evidence about their long-term health is thin. Cancer and its treatments have been linked to accelerated aging, so there is a concern that aging cancer survivors have an increased risk of age-related diseases, including dementia. Methods We examined the risk of dementia among 5-year breast cancer survivors using a matched cohort study design. We included breast cancer survivors aged 50 years and older at diagnosis (n = 26,741) and cancer-free comparison participants (n = 249,540). Women eligible for inclusion in the study were those born 1935-1975 and registered in the Swedish Total Population Register between January 1, 1991, and December 31, 2015. We defined breast cancer survivors as women with an initial breast cancer diagnosis between 1991 and 2005 who survived 5 or more years after their first diagnosis. We assessed all-cause dementia, Alzheimer disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD) using International Classification of Diseases codes. Survival analyses were conducted using age-adjusted subdistribution hazard models accounting for competing risk of death. Results We did not observe an association between breast cancer survivorship and risk of all-cause dementia, AD, or VaD. However, in models stratified by age at cancer diagnosis, women diagnosed with cancer after age 65 years had a higher risk of all-cause dementia (subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR] = 1.30, 95% CI 1.07-1.58), AD (SHR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.05-1.75), and VaD (SHR = 1.64, 95% CI 1.11-2.43) in models adjusted for age, education, and country of origin. Discussion Older breast cancer survivors who survive cancer have a higher risk for dementia than their peers without a cancer diagnosis, in contrast to earlier studies showing that prevalent or incident cancer is associated with a lower risk of dementia. With the older adult population growing rapidly and because cancer and dementia are 2 of the most common and debilitating diseases among older adults, it is critical that we understand the link between the 2.
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- Alexandra Wennberg
- Unit of Epidemiology (AW, MD, MF, KM), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Epidemiology (AW, MD, MF, KM), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Epidemiology (AW, MD, MF, KM), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Unit of Epidemiology (AW, MD, MF, KM), Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Terra L, Lee Meeuw Kjoe PR, Agelink van Rentergem JA, Beekman MJ, Heemskerk-Gerritsen BAM, van Beurden M, Roeters van Lennep JE, van Doorn HC, de Hullu JA, Mourits MJE, van Dorst EBL, Mom CH, Slangen BFM, Gaarenstroom KN, van der Kolk LE, Collée JM, Wevers MR, Ausems MGEM, van Engelen K, van de Beek I, Berger LPV, van Asperen CJ, Gomez Garcia EB, Maas AHEM, Hooning MJ, van der Wall E, van Leeuwen FE, Schagen SB. Long-term effects of premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy on cognition in women with high familial risk of ovarian cancer: A cross-sectional study. BJOG 2023; 130:968-977. [PMID: 36715559 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) in women at increased risk of ovarian cancer on objective and subjective cognition at least 10 years after RRSO. DESIGN A cross-sectional study with prospective follow-up, nested in a nationwide cohort. SETTING Multicentre in the Netherlands. POPULATION OR SAMPLE 641 women (66% BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers) who underwent either a premenopausal RRSO ≤ age 45 (n = 436) or a postmenopausal RRSO ≥ age 54 (n = 205). All participants were older than 55 years at recruitment. METHODS Participants completed an online cognitive test battery and a questionnaire on subjective cognition. We used multivariable regression analyses, adjusting for age, education, breast cancer, hormone replacement therapy, cardiovascular risk factors and depression. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The influence of RRSO on objective and subjective cognition of women with a premenopausal RRSO compared with women with a postmenopausal RRSO. RESULTS After adjustment, women with a premenopausal RRSO (mean time since RRSO 18.2 years) performed similarly on objective cognitive tests compared with women with a postmenopausal RRSO (mean time since RRSO 11.9 years). However, they more frequently reported problems with reasoning (odds ratio [OR] 1.8, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.1-3.1) and multitasking (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1-3.4) than women with a postmenopausal RRSO. This difference between groups disappeared in an analysis restricted to women of comparable ages (60-70 years). CONCLUSIONS Reassuringly, approximately 18 years after RRSO, we found no association between premenopausal RRSO and objective cognition.
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- Lara Terra
- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department for Gynaecologic Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department for Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Gynaecologic Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Family Cancer Clinic, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division Laboratories, Pharmacy and Biomedical Genetics, Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department for Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department for Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Highly Sensitive Microsatellite Instability and Immunohistochemistry Assessment in Endometrial Aspirates as a Tool for Cancer Risk Individualization in Lynch Syndrome. Mod Pathol 2023; 36:100158. [PMID: 36918055 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/13/2023]
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Women with Lynch syndrome (LS) are at increased risk of endometrial cancer (EC), among other tumors, and are characterized by mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency and microsatellite instability (MSI). While risk-reducing gynecological surgeries are effective in decreasing EC incidence, doubts arise regarding the appropriate timing of the surgery. We explored the usefulness of highly-sensitive MSI (hs-MSI) assessment in endometrial aspirates for the individualization of gynecological surveillance in LS carriers. Ninety-three women with LS, 25 sporadic EC patients (9 MMR-proficient and 16 MMR-deficient), and 30 women with benign gynecological disease were included in this study. Hs-MSI was assessed in prospectively collected endometrial aspirates in 67 LS carriers, EC cases, and controls. MMR, PTEN, ARID1A, and PAX2 expression patterns were evaluated in LS samples. Follow-up aspirates from eight LS carriers were also analyzed. Elevated hs-MSI scores were detected in all aspirates from MMR-deficient EC cases (3 LS and 16 sporadic), being negative in aspirates from controls and MMR-proficient EC cases. Positive hs-MSI scores were also detected in all four LS aspirates reported as complex hyperplasia. High hs-MSI was also present in 10 of 49 aspirates (20%) from LS carriers presenting a morphologically normal endometrium, where MMR expression loss was detected in 69% of the samples. Interestingly, the hs-MSI score was positively correlated with MMR-deficient gland density and the presence of MMR-deficient clusters, colocalizing with PTEN and ARID1A expression loss. High hs-MSI scores and clonality were evidenced in two samples collected up to four months before EC diagnosis; hs-MSI scores increased over time in five LS carriers, whereas they decreased in a patient with endometrial hyperplasia after progestin therapy. In LS carriers, elevated hs-MSI scores were detected in aspirates from premalignant and malignant lesions and normal endometrium, correlating with MMR protein loss. Hs-MSI assessment and MMR immunohistochemistry may help individualize EC risk assessment in women with LS.
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Maki PM, Jaff NG. Brain fog in menopause: a health-care professional's guide for decision-making and counseling on cognition. Climacteric 2022; 25:570-578. [PMID: 36178170 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2022.2122792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Midlife women commonly experience changes in their cognitive function as they transition through menopause and express concern about whether these changes represent the initial stages of a more serious cognitive disorder. Health-care practitioners play an important role in counseling women on cognitive changes at midlife and normalizing women's experience. The aim of this commissioned International Menopause Society White Paper on cognition is to provide practitioners with an overview of data informing the clinical care of menopausal women and a framework for clinical counseling and decision-making. Among the topics presented are the specific cognitive changes occurring in menopause, the duration of such changes and their severity. The role of estrogen and menopause symptoms is reviewed. We present talking points for clinical counseling on the effects of hormone therapy on cognition and dementia risk in women, including discussion of absolute risk. Lastly, a brief review of modifiable risk factors for age-related cognitive decline and dementia is presented, with guidance for counseling patients on optimizing their brain health at midlife and beyond.
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- P M Maki
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and OB/GYN, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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