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Clendenen TV, Ge W, Koenig KL, Afanasyeva Y, Agnoli C, Brinton LA, Darvishian F, Dorgan JF, Eliassen AH, Falk RT, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Hoffman-Bolton J, Key TJ, Krogh V, Nichols HB, Sandler DP, Schoemaker MJ, Sluss PM, Sund M, Swerdlow AJ, Visvanathan K, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Liu M. Breast cancer risk prediction in women aged 35-50 years: impact of including sex hormone concentrations in the Gail model. Breast Cancer Res 2019; 21:42. [PMID: 30890167 PMCID: PMC6425605 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-019-1126-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Models that accurately predict risk of breast cancer are needed to help younger women make decisions about when to begin screening. Premenopausal concentrations of circulating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), a biomarker of ovarian reserve, and testosterone have been positively associated with breast cancer risk in prospective studies. We assessed whether adding AMH and/or testosterone to the Gail model improves its prediction performance for women aged 35–50. Methods In a nested case-control study including ten prospective cohorts (1762 invasive cases/1890 matched controls) with pre-diagnostic serum/plasma samples, we estimated relative risks (RR) for the biomarkers and Gail risk factors using conditional logistic regression and random-effects meta-analysis. Absolute risk models were developed using these RR estimates, attributable risk fractions calculated using the distributions of the risk factors in the cases from the consortium, and population-based incidence and mortality rates. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to compare the discriminatory accuracy of the models with and without biomarkers. Results The AUC for invasive breast cancer including only the Gail risk factor variables was 55.3 (95% CI 53.4, 57.1). The AUC increased moderately with the addition of AMH (AUC 57.6, 95% CI 55.7, 59.5), testosterone (AUC 56.2, 95% CI 54.4, 58.1), or both (AUC 58.1, 95% CI 56.2, 59.9). The largest AUC improvement (4.0) was among women without a family history of breast cancer. Conclusions AMH and testosterone moderately increase the discriminatory accuracy of the Gail model among women aged 35–50. We observed the largest AUC increase for women without a family history of breast cancer, the group that would benefit most from improved risk prediction because early screening is already recommended for women with a family history. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13058-019-1126-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tess V Clendenen
- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biobank Research, Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA.,Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA. .,Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Ivergård M, Ström O, Borgström F, Burge RT, Tosteson ANA, Kanis J. Identifying cost-effective treatment with raloxifene in postmenopausal women using risk algorithms for fractures and invasive breast cancer. Bone 2010; 47:966-74. [PMID: 20691296 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) recommends considering treatment in women with a 20% or higher 10-year probability of a major fracture. However, raloxifene reduces both the risk of vertebral fractures and invasive breast cancer so that raloxifene treatment may be clinically appropriate and cost-effective in women who do not meet a 20% threshold risk. The aim of this study was to identify cost-effective scenarios of raloxifene treatment compared to no treatment in younger postmenopausal women at increased risk of invasive breast cancer and fracture risks below 20%. METHOD A micro-simulation model populated with data specific to American Caucasian women was used to quantify the costs and benefits of 5-year raloxifene treatment. The population evaluated was selected based on 10-year major fracture probability as estimated with FRAX® being below 20% and 5-year invasive breast cancer risk as estimated with the Gail risk model ranging from 1% to 5%. RESULTS The cost per QALY gained ranged from US $22,000 in women age 55 with 5% invasive breast cancer risk and 15-19.9% fracture probability, to $110,000 in women age 55 with 1% invasive breast cancer risk and 5-9.9% fracture probability. Raloxifene was progressively cost-effective with increasing fracture risk and invasive breast cancer risk for a given age cohort. At lower fracture risk in combination with lower invasive breast cancer risk or when no preventive raloxifene effect on invasive breast cancer was assumed, the cost-effectiveness of raloxifene worsened markedly and was not cost-effective given a willingness-to-pay of US $50,000. At fracture risk of 15-19.9% raloxifene was cost-effective also in women at lower invasive breast cancer risk. CONCLUSIONS Raloxifene is potentially cost-effective in cohorts of young postmenopausal women, who do not meet the suggested NOF 10-year fracture risk threshold. The cost-effectiveness is contingent on their 5-year invasive breast cancer risk. The result highlights the importance of considering a woman's full risk profile when considering anti-osteoporosis treatment.
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Ready K, Litton JK, Arun BK. Clinical application of breast cancer risk assessment models. Future Oncol 2010; 6:355-65. [DOI: 10.2217/fon.10.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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With the evolving availability of testing for genetic cancer syndromes, oncologists now are increasingly expected to review family histories and to give a genetic risk assessment as part of their care for breast cancer. The most important of these breast cancer genetic syndromes identified to date have been those associated with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Therefore, the proper identification of potentially affected families and providing risk assessment estimates will be ever more essential. This review outlines several different available breast cancer risk assessment models. Risk models for the development of breast cancer as well as risk models that estimate the chance of having a genetic cancer syndrome are discussed. Their clinical applications are also outlined and clinical situations appropriate for each model are reviewed.
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- Kaylene Ready
- The Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1354, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1354, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The Univeristy of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1354, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Haas JS, Kaplan CP, Des Jarlais G, Gildengoin V, Pérez-Stable EJ, Kerlikowske K. Perceived risk of breast cancer among women at average and increased risk. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2006; 14:845-51. [PMID: 16313212 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The accuracy of a woman's perception of her risk of developing breast cancer has gained importance as more options for primary prevention have become available for those at increased risk. Conversely, women at average risk who perceive themselves as at increased risk may suffer from avoidable anxiety or unnecessary treatment. This study examined characteristics associated with perception of breast cancer risk among women at average and increased risk. METHODS We included 1700 women 40-74 years old without a history of breast cancer. The outcome variable was a woman's perceived lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. The Gail model was used to categorize a woman's actual risk as average or high. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to model a woman's perception that her risk was (1) higher than average for those whose Gail score indicated average risk (<1.67% 5-year risk) and (2) accurate for those whose Gail score indicated increased risk (> or = 1.67% 5-year risk). RESULTS Of women at average risk, 72%, but only 43% of those at high risk, accurately perceived their risk. Among women at average risk, those who were younger, had a family history of breast cancer, had no history of childbirth, or had more frequent exposure to lay media information about breast health were more likely than women without these characteristics to overestimate their future risk. Among women at increased risk, younger women and those with a family history of breast cancer were more likely than women without these characteristics to accurately perceive their increased risk. African American women were less likely than white women to accurately perceive their risk. CONCLUSIONS A majority of women at high risk of developing breast cancer underestimate their risk, and a substantial proportion of women at average risk perceive they are at increased risk.
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- Jennifer S Haas
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120-1613, USA.
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