Risk of pacemaker implantation after radiotherapy for breast cancer: A study based on French nationwide health care database sample.

Breast Cancer Cardiac complications French national health insurance database Pacemaker Radiotherapy

Journal

International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
ISSN: 2352-9067
Titre abrégé: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 101649525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Historique:
received: 22 11 2021
accepted: 19 12 2021
entrez: 10 1 2022
pubmed: 11 1 2022
medline: 11 1 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Among cardiac complications of breast cancer radiotherapy (BC RT), there are very limited data on arrhythmia and conduction disorders, in particular severe cases requiring permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI). Therefore, this exploratory study aimed to evaluate the risk of PPMI for BC patients treated with RT, compared with the general population and with BC patients not treated with RT. The study was performed on a 1/97 representative sample of the French health care database (EGB database). Adult women with a first BC treated with or without RT between 2008 and 2016 were included, followed until 2018, and de novo PPMI were identified. We compared the PPMI incidence in BC cohort relative to the general population with standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and evaluated the risk of PPMI in RT patients compared to patients without RT with a competing risk survival analysis. A total of 3853 BCE patients were included. Among BC patients treated with RT, 28 PPMI cases were observed compared with 13 expected cases, corresponding to a SIR of 2.18 [95% CI: 1.45-3.06]. For BC patients not treated with RT, the SIR was 1.01 [95% CI: 0.40-1.90]. Patients treated with RT showed a borderline significant higher risk of PPMI compared with those not treated with RT (subdistribution Hazard Ratio = 2.08, 95% CI 0.87-4.97, p = 0.09). Our exploratory findings indicate that, over the last decade in France, BC patients treated with RT appeared to be at higher risk of PPMI than general population. Further studies are needed to expand on this topic.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Among cardiac complications of breast cancer radiotherapy (BC RT), there are very limited data on arrhythmia and conduction disorders, in particular severe cases requiring permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI). Therefore, this exploratory study aimed to evaluate the risk of PPMI for BC patients treated with RT, compared with the general population and with BC patients not treated with RT.
METHODS METHODS
The study was performed on a 1/97 representative sample of the French health care database (EGB database). Adult women with a first BC treated with or without RT between 2008 and 2016 were included, followed until 2018, and de novo PPMI were identified. We compared the PPMI incidence in BC cohort relative to the general population with standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and evaluated the risk of PPMI in RT patients compared to patients without RT with a competing risk survival analysis.
RESULTS RESULTS
A total of 3853 BCE patients were included. Among BC patients treated with RT, 28 PPMI cases were observed compared with 13 expected cases, corresponding to a SIR of 2.18 [95% CI: 1.45-3.06]. For BC patients not treated with RT, the SIR was 1.01 [95% CI: 0.40-1.90]. Patients treated with RT showed a borderline significant higher risk of PPMI compared with those not treated with RT (subdistribution Hazard Ratio = 2.08, 95% CI 0.87-4.97, p = 0.09).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our exploratory findings indicate that, over the last decade in France, BC patients treated with RT appeared to be at higher risk of PPMI than general population. Further studies are needed to expand on this topic.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35005214
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100936
pii: S2352-9067(21)00224-4
pmc: PMC8717594
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

100936

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors report no relationships that could be construed as a conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

M Y Errahmani (MY)

Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
University Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

J Thariat (J)

Department of Radiotherapy, Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer A. Baclesse, University of Caen Normandie, Caen, France.

J Ferrières (J)

INSERM, UMR 1295 - CERPOP Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Recherche en santé des POPulations, Toulouse, France.
Department of Cardiology, Toulouse Rangueil University Hospital (CHU), Toulouse, France.

L Panh (L)

Heart Rhythm Management Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.

M Locquet (M)

Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.

M Lapeyre-Mestre (M)

Department of Medical and Clinical Pharmacology, CIC 1436, University of Toulouse 3, Toulouse, France.

G Guernec (G)

INSERM, UMR 1295 - CERPOP Centre d'Epidémiologie et de Recherche en santé des POPulations, Toulouse, France.

M O Bernier (MO)

Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.

S Boveda (S)

Heart Rhythm Management Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France.

S Jacob (S)

Laboratory of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.

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