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  • Influence Factors of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy-Related Amenorrhea in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Women and Its Clinical Significance

    Objective To analyze the influence factors of amenorrhea in premenopausal breast cancer women treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and the relationship of neoadjuvant chemotherapy-related amenorrhea (NCRA) to down-staging of tumor. Methods Two hundred and twenty-four premenopausal breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy from March 2006 to March 2011 in this hospital were investigated retrospectively. The effects of age, chemotherapy regiment, ER/PR status, Her-2 status, and tamoxifen (TAM) on NCRA and recovery of menstru-ation were assessed. The average age of the patients who had accepted different chemotherapy cycles when NCRA occurred was described, and the effect of different chemotherapy cycles on recovery of menstruation was evaluated. Tumor volume change was estimated to analysis the relation between NCRA and tumor response to chemotherapy. Results One hundred and sixty-six (74.11%) cases occurred NCRA, 40 (26.49%) cases returned to normal menstruation apart from 15 cases who had accepted oophorectomy or the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog goserelin before menstrual status change. The results of univariate analysis and multivariate analysis indicated that the NCRA and menstruation recovery were both related to age at diagnosis (P<0.001,P=0.001), and only menstruation recovery was related to chemotherapy regiments (P<0.001). However, the NCRA and menstruation recovery were not related to ER/PR status, Her-2 status,and TAM (P>0.05). Chemotherapy cycles when NCRA occurred decreased with the increase of age, and wasn’t assoc-iated with menstruation recovery (P>0.05). There was no correlation between NCRA and downstage of tumor after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (P>0.05). Conclusions Amenorrhea resulted from neoadjuvant chemotherapy in most of breast cancer patients, which occurs more commonly in elder ones with less chemotherapy cycles. Quite a few patients resume menses after NCRA, which is associated with age and chemotherapy regiments. NCRA doesn’t influence tumor response to chemotherapy.

    Release date:2016-09-08 10:35 Export PDF Favorites Scan
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