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Acute chemotherapy-related toxicity is not increased in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers treated for breast cancer in the United Kingdom

Acute chemotherapy-related toxicity is not increased in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers treated for breast cancer in the United Kingdom
Acute chemotherapy-related toxicity is not increased in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers treated for breast cancer in the United Kingdom
Purpose: To evaluate acute toxicity induced by chemotherapy for breast cancer in a retrospective study of 62 BRCA1/2 mutation carriers matched 1:1 with women who had treatment for sporadic disease in the United Kingdom between 1983 and 2003. Experimental Design: All participants were interviewed by one of two researchers using Standardized questionnaires, and their medical records were reviewed by one research nurse. The two main regimens received were cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil and fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide. The proportion of cases and controls receiving anthracycline-based treatment was equivalent; but fewer BRCA1 cases received this treatment than did BRCA2 mutation carriers. Toxicity was documented using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Common Toxicity Criteria for hematologic, infective, and gastrointestinal toxicities. No increase in toxicity was seen in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Results: The only significant difference was that neutropenia was less evident in BRCA2 mutation carriers than in either BRCA1 mutation carriers or controls. As a result, there was no requirement for dose reduction among BRCA2 mutation carriers, in contrast to 10 of 39 BRCA1 carriers and 16 of 62 controls (P = 0.02). Conclusions: This result has implications for therapy and indicates that women with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 may be given the same doses of chemotherapy as noncarriers
brca2, breast cancer, oncology-group, disease, chemotherapy, brca1, DNA-repair, mutations, cancer, 2, cells, breast-cancer, carcinoma, breast, mutation, women
1078-0432
7033-7038
Shanley, Susan
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McReynolds, Kate
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Rdern-Jones, Audrey
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Ahern, Roger
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Fernando, Indrajit
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Yarnold, John
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Evans, Gareth
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Eccles, Diana
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Short, Susan
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Gui, Gerald
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Barr, Lester
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Baildam, Andrew
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Howell, Anthony
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Royle, Gavin
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Pierce, Lori
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The Breast Unit of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Shanley, Susan
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McReynolds, Kate
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Rdern-Jones, Audrey
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Ahern, Roger
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Eccles, Diana
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Bancroft, Elizabeth
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Short, Susan
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Smith, Ian
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Barr, Lester
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Baildam, Andrew
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Howell, Anthony
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Royle, Gavin
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Pierce, Lori
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Easton, Douglas
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Shanley, Susan, McReynolds, Kate, Rdern-Jones, Audrey, Ahern, Roger, Fernando, Indrajit, Yarnold, John, Evans, Gareth, Eccles, Diana, Hodgson, Shirley, Ashley, Sue, Ashcroft, Linda, Tutt, Andrew, Bancroft, Elizabeth, Short, Susan, Smith, Ian, Gui, Gerald, Barr, Lester, Baildam, Andrew, Howell, Anthony, Royle, Gavin, Pierce, Lori, Easton, Douglas and Eeles, Rosalind , The Breast Unit of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (2006) Acute chemotherapy-related toxicity is not increased in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers treated for breast cancer in the United Kingdom. Clinical Cancer Research, 12 (23), 7033-7038.

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Purpose: To evaluate acute toxicity induced by chemotherapy for breast cancer in a retrospective study of 62 BRCA1/2 mutation carriers matched 1:1 with women who had treatment for sporadic disease in the United Kingdom between 1983 and 2003. Experimental Design: All participants were interviewed by one of two researchers using Standardized questionnaires, and their medical records were reviewed by one research nurse. The two main regimens received were cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil and fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide. The proportion of cases and controls receiving anthracycline-based treatment was equivalent; but fewer BRCA1 cases received this treatment than did BRCA2 mutation carriers. Toxicity was documented using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Common Toxicity Criteria for hematologic, infective, and gastrointestinal toxicities. No increase in toxicity was seen in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Results: The only significant difference was that neutropenia was less evident in BRCA2 mutation carriers than in either BRCA1 mutation carriers or controls. As a result, there was no requirement for dose reduction among BRCA2 mutation carriers, in contrast to 10 of 39 BRCA1 carriers and 16 of 62 controls (P = 0.02). Conclusions: This result has implications for therapy and indicates that women with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 may be given the same doses of chemotherapy as noncarriers

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Published date: 1 December 2006
Keywords: brca2, breast cancer, oncology-group, disease, chemotherapy, brca1, DNA-repair, mutations, cancer, 2, cells, breast-cancer, carcinoma, breast, mutation, women

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Local EPrints ID: 62925
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/62925
ISSN: 1078-0432
PURE UUID: bcf5ff54-5512-40d9-8925-6b4d75a684e8
ORCID for Diana Eccles: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9935-3169

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Date deposited: 04 Sep 2008
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 01:34

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Author: Susan Shanley
Author: Kate McReynolds
Author: Audrey Rdern-Jones
Author: Roger Ahern
Author: Indrajit Fernando
Author: John Yarnold
Author: Gareth Evans
Author: Diana Eccles ORCID iD
Author: Shirley Hodgson
Author: Sue Ashley
Author: Linda Ashcroft
Author: Andrew Tutt
Author: Elizabeth Bancroft
Author: Susan Short
Author: Ian Smith
Author: Gerald Gui
Author: Lester Barr
Author: Andrew Baildam
Author: Anthony Howell
Author: Gavin Royle
Author: Lori Pierce
Author: Douglas Easton
Author: Rosalind Eeles
Corporate Author: The Breast Unit of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

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