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Heart Disease after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer - Sarah C Darby University of Oxford
Heart Disease after Radiotherapy
        for Breast Cancer

        Sarah C Darby
      University of Oxford
Heart Disease after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer - Sarah C Darby University of Oxford
Heart Disease after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer - Sarah C Darby University of Oxford
620 names of EBCTCG collaborators in local and systemic therapy trials,
            listed alphabetically by institution, then name. Lancet 2011; 378: 771-84.
ACETBC, Tokyo, Japan O Abe, R Abe, K Enomoto, K Kikuchi, H Koyama, H Masuda, Y Nomura,                  German Breast Cancer Study Group (BMFT), Freiburg, Germany G Bastert, H Rauschecker,                S Anderson, G Bass, A Brown (deceased), J Bryant (deceased), J Costantino, J Dignam,
Y Ohashi, K Sakai, K Sugimachi, M Toi, T Tominaga, J Uchino, M Yoshida. Addenbrooke’s Hospital,         R Sauer, W Sauerbrei, A Schauer, M Schumacher. German Breast Group (GBG),                           B Fisher, C Geyer, E P Mamounas, S Paik, C Redmond, S Swain, L Wickerham, N Wolmark.
Cambridge, UK J L Haybittle. Anglo-Celtic Cooperative Oncology Group, UK C F Leonard. ARCOSEIN          NeuIsenburg, Germany J U Blohmer, S D Costa, H Eidtmann, B Gerber, C Jackisch, S Loibl,             Nolvadex Adjuvant Trial Organisation, London, UK M Baum, I M Jackson (deceased),
Group, France G Calais, P Geraud. ATLAS Trial Collaborative Study Group, Oxford, UK V Collett,          G von Minckwitz. Ghent University Hospital, Belgium A de Schryver, L Vakaet. GIVIO                  M K Palmer. North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
C Davies, A Delmestri, J Sayer. Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group, New Zealand V J Harvey,             Interdisciplinary Group for Cancer Care Evaluation, Chieti, Italy M Belfiglio, A Nicolucci,         E Perez, J N Ingle, V J Suman. North Sweden Breast Cancer Group, Umeå, Sweden
 I M Holdaway, R G Kay, B H Mason. Australian New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group, Sydney,           F Pellegrini, M C Pirozzoli, M Sacco, M Valentini. Glasgow Victoria Infirmary, UK                   N O Bengtsson, S Emdin, H Jonsson. North-West Oncology Group (GONO), Italy L Del Mastro,
Australia J F Forbes, N Wilcken. Austrian Breast Cancer Study Group, Vienna, Austria R Bartsch,         C S McArdle, D C Smith, S Stallard. Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa                 M Venturini. North-Western British Surgeons, Manchester, UK J P Lythgoe, R Swindell.
P Dubsky, C Fesl, H Fohler, M Gnant, R Greil, R Jakesz, A Lang, G Luschin-Ebengreuth, C Marth,          D M Dent, C A Gudgeon, A Hacking, E Murray, E Panieri, ID Werner. Grupo Español de                  Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK M Kissin. Norwegian Breast Cancer Group, Oslo,
B Mlineritsch, H Samonigg, C F Singer, G G Steger, H Stoger. Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow,          Investigación en Cáncer de Mama (GEICAM), Spain E Carrasco, M Martin, M A Segui.                    Norway B Erikstein, E Hannisdal, A B Jacobsen, J E Varhaug. Norwegian Radium Hospital,
UK P Canney, H M A Yosef. Belgian Adjuvant Breast Cancer Project, Liège, Belgium C Focan. Berlin-       Gruppo Oncologico Clinico Cooperativo del Nord Est, Aviano, Italy E Galligioni. Gruppo              Oslo, Norway B Erikstein, S Gundersen, M Hauer-Jensen, H Host, A B Jacobsen, R Nissen-
Buch Akademie der Wissenschaften, Germany U Peek. Birmingham General Hospital, UK                       Oncologico Dell’Italia Meridionale (GOIM), Rome, Italy M Lopez. Guadalajara Hospital de             Meyer. Nottingham City Hospital, UK R W Blamey, A K Mitchell, D A L Morgan, J F R
G D Oates, J Powell. Bordeaux Institut Bergonié, France M Durand, L Mauriac. Bordet Institute,          20 Noviembre, Mexico A Erazo, J Y Medina. Gunma University, Japan J Horiguchi, H Takei.             Robertson. Oita Prefectural Hospital, Japan H Ueo. Oncofrance, Paris, France M Di Palma, G
Brussels, Belgium A Di Leo, S Dolci, D Larsimont, J M Nogaret, C Philippson, M J Piccart. Bradford      Guy’s Hospital, London, UK I S Fentiman, J L Hayward, R D Rubens, D Skilton. Heidelberg             Mathe (deceased), J L Misset. Ontario Clinical Oncology Group, Hamilton, Canada M Levine,
Royal Infirmary, UK M B Masood, D Parker, J J Price. Breast Cancer International Research Group         University I, Germany H Scheurlen. Heidelberg University II, Germany M Kaufmann,                    K I Pritchard, T Whelan. Osaka City University, Japan K Morimoto. Osaka National Hospital,
(BCIRG) M A Lindsay, J Mackey, M Martin. Breast Cancer Study Group of the Comprehensive                 H C Sohn. Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Germany M Untch. Hellenic Breast Surgeons Society,           Japan K Sawa, Y Takatsuka. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Churchill Hospital, Oxford,
Cancer Centre, Limburg, Netherlands P S G J Hupperets. British Association of Surgical Oncology         Greece U Dafni, C Markopoulos. Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Athens, Greece                  UK E Crossley, A Harris, D Talbot, M Taylor. PACS Adjuvant Study Group, France A L Martin,
BASO II Trialists, London, UK T Bates, R W Blamey, U Chetty, I O Ellis, E Mallon, D A L Morgan,         U Dafni, G Fountzilas. Hellenic Oncology Research Group, Greece D Mavroudis. Helsinki               H Roche. Parma Hospital, Italy G Cocconi, B di Blasio. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology,
J Patnick, S Pinder. British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada I Olivotto, J Ragaz. Cancer      Deaconess Medical Centre, Finland P Klefstrom. Helsinki University, Finland C Blomqvist,            St Petersburg, Russia V Ivanov, R Paltuev, V Semiglazov. Piedmont Oncology Association,
and Leukemia Group B, Washington DC, USA D Berry, G Broadwater, C Cirrincione, H Muss,                  T Saarto. Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain M Gallen. Innsbruck University, Austria                Winston-Salem, NC, USA J Brockschmidt, M R Cooper. Pretoria University, South Africa
L Norton, R B Weiss. Cancer Care Ontario, Canada H T Abu-Zahra. Cancer Research Centre of the           R Margreiter. Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France B de Lafontan, J Mihura, H Roche.          C I Falkson. Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London and Sutton, UK R A’Hern, S Ashley, M
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia S M Portnoj. Cancer Research UK Clinical            Institut Curie, Paris, France B Asselain, R J Salmon, J R Vilcoq. Institut Gustave-Roussy, Paris,   Dowsett, A Makris, T J Powles, I E Smith, J R Yarnold. St George’s Hospital, London, UK J C
Trials Unit (CRCTU), NCRI, Birmingham, UK S Bowden, C Brookes, J Dunn, I Fernando, M Lee,               France R Arriagada, C. Bourgier, C Hill, S Koscielny, A Laplanche, M G Le, M Spielmann.             Gazet.
C Poole, D Rea, D Spooner. Cardiff Trialists Group, UK P J Barrett-Lee, R E Mansel, I J Monypenny.      Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit (ICR-CTSU, NCRI), UK R             St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia L Browne, P Graham. St Luke’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA N H Gordon. Central Oncology Group,                 A’Hern, J Bliss, P Ellis, L Kilburn, J R Yarnold. Integraal Kankercentrum, Amsterdam,               N Corcoran. Sardinia Oncology Hospital A Businico, Cagliari, Sardinia N Deshpande,
Milwaukee, WI, USA H L Davis. Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive             Netherlands                                                                                         L di Martino. SASIB International Trialists, Cape Town, South Africa P Douglas, A Hacking,
Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, UK J Cuzick. Centre Léon-Bérard, Lyon, France               J Benraadt, M Kooi, A O van de Velde, J A van Dongen, J B Vermorken. International Breast           H Host, A Lindtner, G Notter. Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation, Regina, Canada A J S Bryant,
Y Lehingue, P Romestaing. Centre Paul Lamarque, Montpellier, France J B Dubois. Centre Regional         Cancer Study Group (IBCSG), Bern, Switzerland M Castiglione, A Coates, M Colleoni,                  G H Ewing, L A Firth, J L Krushen-Kosloski. Scandinavian Adjuvant Chemotherapy Study Group,
François Baclesse, Caen, France T Delozier, B Griffon, J Mace Lesec’h. Centre René Huguenin,            J Collins, J Forbes, R D Gelber, A Goldhirsch, J Lindtner, K N Price, M M Regan,                    Oslo, Norway R Nissen-Meyer. South Sweden Breast Cancer Group, Lund, H Anderson,
Paris, St Cloud, France P Rambert. Centro Oncologico, Trieste, Italy G Mustacchi. Charles               C M Rudenstam, H J Senn, B Thuerlimann. International Collaborative Cancer Group,                   F Killander, P Malmstrom, L Ryden. South-East Sweden Breast Cancer Group, Linköping,
University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology of the First Faculty of         Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK J M Bliss, C E D Chilvers, R C Coombes, E Hall, M Marty.         Sweden L-G Arnesson, J Carstensen, M Dufmats, H Fohlin, B Nordenskjold, M Soderberg.
Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Czech Republic L Petruzelka, O Pribylova. Cheltenham            International Drug Development Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium M Buyse.                        South-Eastern Cancer Study Group and Alabama Breast Cancer Project, Birmingham, AL, USA
General Hospital, UK J R Owen. Chemo N0 Trial Group, Germany N Harbeck, F Janicke, C Meisner,           International TABLE Study Group, Berlin, Germany K Possinger, P Schmid, M Untch,                    J T Carpenter. Southampton Oncology Centre, UK N Murray, G T Royle, P D Simmonds.
M Schmitt, C Thomssen. Chicago University, IL, USA P Meier. Chinese Academy of Medical                  D Wallwiener. ISD Cancer Clinical Trials Team (incorporating the former Scottish Cancer             Southwest Oncology Group, San Antonio, TX, USA K Albain, W Barlow, J Crowley, D Hayes,
Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (in collaboration with the Oxford CTSU) Y Shan,           Therapy Network), Edinburgh, UK L Foster, W D George, H J Stewart, P Stroner. Israel                J Gralow, S Green, G Hortobagyi, R Livingston, S Martino, C K Osborne, P M Ravdin.
Y F Shao, X Wang, D B Zhao (CTSU: Z M Chen, H C Pan). Christie Hospital and Holt Radium                 NSABC, Tel Aviv, Israel R Borovik, H Hayat, M J Inbar, E Robinson. Istituto Nazionale per la        Stockholm Breast Cancer Study Group, Sweden J Adolfsson, J Bergh, T Bondesson, F
Institute, Manchester, UK A Howell, R Swindell. Clinical Trial Service Unit, Oxford, UK (ie, EBCTCG     Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy P Bruzzi, L Del Mastro, P Pronzato, M R Sertoli,                  Celebioglu,
Secretariat) J A Burrett, M Clarke, R Collins, C Correa, D Cutter, S Darby, C Davies, K Davies,         M Venturini. Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy T Camerini,        K Dahlberg, T Fornander, I Fredriksson, J Frisell, E Goransson, M Iiristo, U Johansson,
A Delmestri, P Elphinstone, V Evans, L Gettins, J Godwin, R Gray, C Gregory, D Hermans, C Hicks,        G De Palo, M G Di Mauro, F Formelli, P Valagussa. Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo, Forli,             E Lenner, L Lofgren, P Nikolaidis, L Perbeck, S Rotstein, K Sandelin, L Skoog, G Svane, E af
S James, A Kerr, E MacKinnon, M Lay, P McGale, T McHugh, R Peto, J Sayer, C Taylor, Y Wang.             Italy D Amadori. Italian Cooperative Chemo-Radio-Surgical Group, Bologna, Italy A Martoni,          Trampe, C Wadstrom. Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), Bern, and OSAKO,
Coimbra Instituto de Oncologia, Portugal J Albano, C F de Oliveira, H Gervasio, J Gordilho.             F Pannuti. Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy R Camisa,             St Gallen, Switzerland M Castiglione, A Goldhirsch, R Maibach, H J Senn, B Thurlimann.
Copenhagen Radium Centre, Denmark H Johansen, H T Mouridsen. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,              G Cocconi, A Colozza, R Passalacqua. Japan Clinical Oncology Group– Breast Cancer Study             Tampere University Hospital, Finland M Hakama, K Holli, J Isola, K Rouhento, R Saaristo.
Boston, MA, USA R S Gelman, J R Harris, D Hayes, C Henderson, C L Shapiro, E Winer. Danish              Group, Matsuyama, Japan K Aogi, S Takashima. Japanese Foundation for Multidisciplinary              Tel Aviv University, Israel H Brenner, A Hercbergs. The High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast
Breast Cancer Cooperative Group, Copenhagen, Denmark P Christiansen, B Ejlertsen, M Ewertz,             Treatment of Cancer, Tokyo, Japan O Abe, T Ikeda, K Inokuchi, K Kikuchi, K Sawa. Kawasaki           Cancer Study Group (PEGASE), France A L Martin, H Roche. Tokyo Cancer Institute Hospital,
M-B Jensen, S Moller, H T Mouridsen. Danish Cancer Registry, Copenhagen, Denmark                        Medical School, Japan H Sonoo. Krakow Institute of Oncology, Poland S Korzeniowski,                 Japan M Yoshimoto. Toronto-Edmonton Breast Cancer Study Group, Canada A H G Paterson,
B Carstensen, T Palshof. Düsseldorf University, Germany H J Trampisch. Dutch Working Party for          J Skolyszewski. Kumamoto University Group, Japan M Ogawa, J Yamashita. Leiden                       K I Pritchard. Toronto Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada A Fyles, J W Meakin, T Panzarella,
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant in Solid Tumours, Amsterdam & Groningen, Netherlands                  University Medical Center, Netherlands E Bastiaannet, C J H van de Velde, W van de Water,           K I Pritchard. Tunis Institut Salah Azaiz, Tunisia J Bahi. UK Multicentre Cancer Chemotherapy
O Dalesio, E G E de Vries, S Rodenhuis, H van Tinteren. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group,             J G H van Nes. Leuven Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Gasthuisberg, Belgium R Christiaens,                   Study Group, London, UK M Reid, M Spittle. UK/ANZ DCIS Trial H Bishop, N J Bundred,
Boston, MA, USA R L Comis, N E Davidson, R Gray, N Robert, G Sledge, L J Solin, J A Sparano,            P Neven, R Paridaens, W Van den Bogaert. Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich,                     J Cuzick, I O Ellis, I S Fentiman, J F Forbes, S Forsyth, W D George, S E Pinder, I Sestak.
D C Tormey, W Wood. Edinburgh Breast Unit, UK D Cameron, U Chetty, J M Dixon, P Forrest,                Germany S Braun, W Janni. Marseille Laboratoire de Cancérologie Biologique APM, France              UK/Asia Collaborative Breast Cancer Group, London, UK G P Deutsch, R Gray, D L W Kwong,
W Jack, I Kunkler. Elim Hospital, Hamburg, Germany J Rossbach. Erasmus MC/Daniel den Hoed               P Martin, S Romain. Medical University Vienna – General Hospital - Department of                    V R Pai, R Peto, F Senanayake. University and Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro,
Cancer Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands J G M Klijn, A D Treurniet-Donker, W L J van Putten.              Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine I, Vienna, Austria M Janauer,                 Genoa, Italy on behalf of GROCTA trialists F Boccardo, A Rubagotti. University College
European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy N Rotmensz, U Veronesi, G Viale. European                  M Seifert, P Sevelda, C C Zielinski. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY,          London, UK M Baum, S Forsyth, A Hackshaw, J Houghton, J Ledermann, K Monson, JS Tobias.
Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels, Belgium H Bartelink, N Bijker,             USA T Hakes, C A Hudis, L Norton, R Wittes. Metaxas Memorial Cancer Hospital, Athens,               University Federico II, Naples, Italy C Carlomagno, M De Laurentiis, S De Placido.
J Bogaerts, F Cardoso, T Cufer, J P Julien, E Rutgers, C J H van de Velde. Evanston Hospital, IL, USA   Greece G Giokas, D Kondylis, B Lissaios. Mexican National Medical Center, Mexico City,              University of Edinburgh, UK L Williams. University of Michigan, USA D Hayes, L J Pierce.
M P Cunningham. Finnish Breast Cancer Group, Finland R Huovinen, H Joensuu. Fondazione                  Mexico R de la Huerta, M G Sainz. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA R Altemus,           University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA K Broglio, A U Buzdar.
Maugeri Pavia, Italy A Costa, C Tinterri. Fondazione Michelangelo, Milan, Italy G Bonadonna,            K Camphausen, K Cowan, D Danforth, A Lichter, M Lippman, J O’Shaughnessy, L J Pierce,               University of Wisconsin, USA R R Love. Uppsala-Örebro Breast Cancer Study Group, Sweden
L Gianni, P Valagussa. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA L J Goldstein. French             S Steinberg, D Venzon, J A Zujewski. National Cancer Institute of Bari, Italy C D’Amico,            J Ahlgren, H Garmo, L Holmberg, G Liljegren, H Lindman, F Warnberg. US Oncology, Houston,
Adjuvant Study Group (GFEA), Guyancourt, France J Bonneterre, P Fargeot, P Fumoleau,                    M Lioce, A Paradiso. NCIC Clinical Trials Group, Kingston, Ontario, Canada J-A W Chapman,           USA L Asmar, S E Jones. West German Study Group (WSG), Germany O Gluz, N Harbeck,
 P Kerbrat, E Luporsi, M Namer. German Adjuvant Breast Group (GABG), Frankfurt, Germany                 K Gelmon, P E Goss, M N Levine, R Meyer, W Parulekar, J L Pater, K I Pritchard,                     C Liedtke, U Nitz. West of Scotland Breast Trial Group, Glasgow, UK A Litton. West Sweden
W Eiermann, J Hilfrich, W Jonat, M Kaufmann, R Kreienberg, M Schumacher.                                L E Shepherd, D Tu, T Whelan. National Kyushu Cancer Center, Japan Y Nomura, S Ohno.                Breast Cancer Study Group, Gothenburg, Sweden A Wallgren, P Karlsson, B K Linderholm.
                                                                                                        National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP), Pittsburgh, PA, USA                    Western Cancer Study Group, Torrance, CA, USA R T Chlebowski. Würzburg University,
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Germany H Caffier.

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Heart Disease after Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer - Sarah C Darby University of Oxford
Breast cancer mortality in 17 randomised trials of
radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery (BCS)

1050 pN+ women                      7287 pN0 women

                                        EBCTCG. Lancet 2011; 378:1707   4
Left tangential pair Co60
                       Right
                       coronary
                                                               Left anterior descending
                       artery
                                                               coronary artery

                                                  45

                                                          50

                                                       Circumflex coronary
                                                       artery
Target     Field       Beam energy Typical dose                 Mean dose (Gy)
           arrangement
                                                  Heart         LAD     RCA      Circ

Left chest Tangential pair 6MV      50 Gy in 25   5             22      2        3
wall/ breast               Co-60    50 Gy in 25   5             22      2        3
                           250 kv   42 Gy in 20   14            51      11       8
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                                                           Taylor et al , IJROBP 2007
Irradiating heart

                             Shielding breast

Need to balance absolute benefit and absolute risk
To produce clinically useful results on
the absolute risk of radiotherapy
related heart disease we need:
• Data on large numbers of women
• Data on non-fatal as well as fatal events
• More detailed studies:
   – Medical history at time of cancer diagnosis
   – Information on dose of radiation to the heart
Cardiac mortality in 300 000 breast cancer patients in the US SEER
  cancer registries: mortality ratios, irradiated vs. not (95 % CIs)

Calendar year                      Certified cause of death: heart disease
of diagnosis
                   Breast conserving                Mastectomy                     All women
                        surgery

  All years          0.53 (0.48-0.58)             1.41 (1.34-1.48)            1.03 (0.98-1.07)

 – 308 861 US women with breast cancer 1973-2001 followed until 1 Jan 2002
 –-12,000 deaths from heart disease
 – 37% irradiated
 – Analyses stratified for age, year of diagnosis, time since diagnosis and race

                                                     McGale & Darby Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:518-523
Cardiac mortality in 300 000 breast cancer patients in the US SEER
  cancer registries: mortality ratios, irradiated vs. not (95 % CIs)

Calendar year                      Certified cause of death: heart disease
of diagnosis
                   Breast conserving                Mastectomy                     All women
                        surgery

  All years          0.53 (0.48-0.58)             1.41 (1.34-1.48)            1.03 (0.98-1.07)

 – 308 861 US women with breast cancer 1973-2001 followed until 1 Jan 2002
 –-12,000 deaths from heart disease
 – 37% irradiated
 – Analyses stratified for age, year of diagnosis, time since diagnosis and race

                                                     McGale & Darby Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:518-523

                                ***** WARNING *****
 The comparison of irradiated and unirradiated women outside the context of a randomised
     trial does not provide information about the risk of radiation-related heart disease
Breast and nodal radiotherapy fields
SEER data: Left versus right-sided breast cancer:
subsequent mortality ratios by radiotherapy status

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                                    Darby et al, Lancet Oncology 2005; 6:557-65
To produce clinically useful results on
the absolute risk of radiotherapy
related heart disease we need:
• Data on large numbers of women
• Data on non-fatal as well as fatal events
• More detailed studies:
   – Medical history at time of cancer diagnosis
   – Information on dose of radiation to the heart
Supported by funding to the Oxford University Clinical Trial Service Unit from Cancer Research UK, the British Heart
Foundation, and the UK Medical Research Council and by grants from the European Commission (FI6R-012796), the UK
Department of Health (RRX 108), the British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence (CRE RE/08/004, to DC),
and the Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre (to KR).
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Left-sided versus right-sided breast cancer: heart disease incidence ratios
               in women given adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer
                                                               Radiotherapy
                                                   Number of          Incidence ratio,
     Disease category                            events left/right left vs. right (95% CI)    P

                                                  n=17,912/16,913

       Ischaemic heart disease                        878/712          1.18 (1.07-1.30)      0.001
       Hypertensive heart disease                     209/182          1.11 (0.91-1.35)       0.32
       Pulmonary embolism                             165/148          1.08 (0.86-1.35)       0.51
       Pericarditis                                    60/36           1.61 (1.06-2.43)       0.03
       Valvular heart disease                          94/60           1.54 (1.11-2.13)      0.009
       Other rheumatic heart disease                    2/2            0.82 (0.11-5.90)       0.84
       Acute endocarditis                               8/7            1.07 (0.39-2.97)       0.89
       Myocardial disease                              37/37           0.99 (0.63-1.57)       0.97
       Conduction disorders & arrythmias              445/453          0.94 (0.82-1.07)       0.35
       Cardiac arrest                                  36/27           1.28 (0.78-2.12)       0.33
       Heart failure                                  310/315          0.95 (0.81-1.11)       0.51
       Other & ill defined heart disease               31/37           0.78 (0.48-1.26)       0.30

     All heart disease                               2275/2016         1.08 (1.02-1.15)      0.01

     Analyses based on first diagnosis of any type of heart disease after diagnosis of breast cancer.
*Results similar considering any diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (rather than just first diagnosis):

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                                                           McGale et al, Radiother Onc 2011; 100: 167-75
To produce clinically useful results on
the absolute risk of radiotherapy
related heart disease we need:
• Data on large numbers of women
• Data on non-fatal as well as fatal events
• More detailed studies:
   – Medical history at time of cancer diagnosis
   – Information on dose of radiation to the heart
Supported by funding to the Oxford University Clinical Trial Service Unit from Cancer Research UK, the British Heart
Foundation, and the UK Medical Research Council and by grants from the European Commission (FI6R-012796), the UK
Department of Health (RRX 108), the British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence (CRE RE/08/004, to DC),
and the Oxford National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre (to KR).
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Population-based case-control study of
   major coronary events (MCEs)

 • Population: Women irradiated for breast cancer
   (Denmark: 1977-2006, Stockholm: 1958-2002)
 • 963 MCEs (ie, incident MI, coronary revascularisation, or IHD death)
 • 1205 controls matched for country, age, calendar
   period and time since (ie with no MCE at least until the time since
    cancer diagnosis of the case MCE)

 • Information on tumor characteristics and medical
   history at time of bc diagnosis
 • Cardiology records sought for all cases to verify
   diagnoses

                                                  NEJM 2013; 368:987-98
Left tangential pair Co60
                     Right
                     coronary
                                                                Left anterior descending
                     artery
                                                                coronary artery

                                                   45

                                                           50

                                                        Circumflex coronary
                                                        artery

• Detailed dose-plan for each woman reconstructed on modern planning system
• 97 x 2 different regimens reconstructed using CT-scan for patient with typical anatomy
• Mean physical dose to whole heart estimated from dose-volume histogram
• LAD coronary artery and mean EQD2 also estimated

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                                                          Taylor et al, Rad Onc 2011
Distribution of mean heart doses in case-control study of MCEs
                     after breast cancer RT
                           600

                           500
Number of study subjects

                           400

                           300

                           200

                           100

                             0
                                 0   2   4   6   8   10 12 14 16 18 20      22   24   26   28
                                                     Mean heart dose (Gy)
                                                                     NEJM 2013; 368:987-98
Case-control study of MCEs in women irradiated for breast cancer
                           Method of analysis

     Data stratified by country, age at breast cancer diagnosis, year of breast cancer
      diagnosis, years from breast cancer diagnosis to first subsequent MCE (cases)
      or index date (controls) (all in 5-year groups) and presence of a cardiac risk
      factor.

     Proportional increase in the MCE rate per Gy modelled as:
                                      Bs (1+ KX)
        where
             X is cardiac radiation dose in Gy
             K is the percentage increase in MCE rate per Gy
             Bs is the stratum-specific MCE rate for women with no RT

     Estimation K using logistic regression conditional on stratum totals.

                                                            NEJM 2013; 368:987-98
Radiation Associated Cardiac Events (RACE)
Dose-response relationship for major coronary events

                  7.4% increase per Gy
                   (95% CI 3-14; p=0.0001)

                                       NEJM 2013; 368:987-98
Association between cardiac risk factors and
          subsequent rate of major coronary events
            in women irradiated for breast cancer

                                                   Rate ratio*        2p

               History of IHD               No        1.0†         0.00004
                                            Yes       6.7
               Circulatory disease          No         1.0          0.0003
               other than IHD               Yes        1.5
               disease
                History of diabetes         No         1.0
Percentage increase in MCE rate per Gy mean heart
dose for women with and without cardiac risk factors
         at time of breast cancer diagnosis

                                         Average        % increase
                                         dose to       in MCE rate          2p for
                                          heart           per Gy          difference
                                          (Gy)           (95%CI)

   Cardiac risk factor          No           5.1         7.4 (2.0-20.3)        0.99
                                Yes          4.9         7.4 (1.2-20.1)

*Estimated by regression after stratification for country, age at cancer diagnosis, year
of cancer diagnosis, and years from cancer diagnosis to first subsequent MCE (cases)
or index date (controls)
                                                            NEJM 2013; 368:987-98
Percentage increase in rate of major coronary
events (MCEs) per Gy mean dose to whole
heart by years since exposure to radiation.

Median time from breast cancer diagnosis to start of RT: 42 days
Estimated by regression after stratification for country, age at breast cancer
diagnosis, year of breast cancer diagnosis, and years from breast cancer
diagnosis to first subsequent MCE (cases) or index date (controls) and with
adjustment for presence of a cardiac risk
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χ for heterogeneity: 6.7 on 3 df, 2p=0.08
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Excess rate ratios (ERRs) for a major coronary event (MCE)

                 Mean heart dose                                                  Equivalent mean heart dose in 2 Gray fractions

                  7.4% increase per Gy                                                         7.4% increase per Gy
                 (95% CI 3-14; p=0.0001)                                                      (95% CI 3-14; p=0.0001)

Doses estimated from dose-volume histograms. Solid lines calculated using dose estimates for individual women. Circles calculated for
categories of women. Vertical lines are 95% CIs. Baseline is 0 Gy

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Mean doses (Gy) to whole heart and LAD coronary artery

                                              Correlation
                                  Average
                                              with mean
                                   mean
                                               dose to
                                   dose
                                              whole heart

      Whole heart                    4.9             -

      EQD2 to whole heart            3.9           0.98

      LAD                            9.4           0.76

    Doses estimated from dose-volume histograms

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Radiation Associated Cardiac Events (RACE)
Dose-response relationship for major coronary events

                  7.4% increase per Gy
                   (95% CI 3-14; p=0.0001)

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Radiation Associated Cardiac Events (RACE)
    Illustrative calculations for a woman aged 50 at RT
                      Death from IHD

                                                 3.4%
                                                 2.4%

                                              1.9%

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Radiation Associated Cardiac Events (RACE)
    Illustrative calculations for a woman aged 50 at RT
                       Incident IHD

                                               7.7%
                                               5.4%

                                              4.5%

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Heart dose from breast cancer
                       radiotherapy

   Systematic review of studies published 2003 – 2013

                Number of   Number of   Mean heart        Range
                 studies     women      dose (Gray)       (Gray)

Left-sided         93         5003          4.8
Heart dose from breast cancer radiotherapy

 Systematic review of studies published 2003 – 2013

                       Number of    Number     Mean       Range
                        studies    of women heart dose    (Gray)
                                              (Gray)

Left inverse planned      37         1081       6.4
Relevance
• Worldwide ~ 50 million survivors after radiotherapy for
  cancer
• ~ 10 million survivors after radiotherapy for breast
  cancer
• ~ 5 million survivors after radiotherapy for left-sided
  breast cancer
• Radiotherapy similar to bilateral breast cancer
  radiotherapy can be useful in to counteract side-effects
  of treatment for prostate cancer
Conclusions
• Relationships between heart disease risk and mean
  heart dose can be derived from breast cancer patients
  irradiated in the past
• Proportional risk of a major coronary event increases by
  7.4% for each 1 Gy increase in mean heart dose
• Absolute risks higher for those already at increased risk
• No apparent threshold below which there is no risk
• For most women the absolute benefit of breast cancer
  radiotherapy far outweighs the absolute risk of heart
  disease
• Further studies needed: RT after anthracyclines, other
  types of heart disease, etc
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