Do breast cancer survivors benefit from prophylactic removal of uterus and ovaries? A population-based data linkage replication study

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Obermair, Andreas
Youlden, Danny
Baade, Peter
Janda, Monika
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Aim: Our previous population-based research found prophylactic surgery (hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy [BSO]) halved the mortality risk for premenopausal breast cancer patients. Here we aim to replicate findings in a Western Australia dataset. Method: Data from the Western Australia Cancer Registry of 15 395 women 20–79 years diagnosed with primary breast cancer (1997–2011) was categorized into four groups: neither hysterectomy nor BSO, hysterectomy only, BSO only, or hysterectomy + BSO. We fitted flexible parametric breast cancer–specific and overall survival models with 95% confidence intervals (also known as Royston–Parmar models) to assess the impact of prophylactic surgery. Results: A total of 12 630 (82.0%) patients had no surgery, 1799 (11.7%) had a hysterectomy only, 337 (2.2%) had BSO only and 629 (4.1%) had both a hysterectomy and BSO. For all-causes mortality, unadjusted 10-year survival was highest for women who had either a hysterectomy + BSO (84.7%) or a hysterectomy only (84.2%). After adjusting for covariates, the survival advantage compared to women without any surgery remained significant for the hysterectomy only group (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.89; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81–0.98; P = 0.02). A similar pattern emerged in breast cancer–specific survival with significantly improved survival for women who had a hysterectomy only (HR = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.74–0.94; P = 0.003). However, for non-breast cancer-related survival, having a BSO alone increased risk of death (HR = 1.83; 95% CI, 1.14–2.93; P = 0.01). Conclusion: We observed significantly improved overall and breast cancer-specific survival among women who had a hysterectomy only, but increased non-breast cancer-related risk after BSO only. Breast cancer patients must weigh up pros and cons of prophylactic surgery.

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Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

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13

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© 2017 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Do breast cancer survivors benefit from prophylactic removal of uterus and ovaries? A population-based data linkage replication study, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017, 13 (1), pp. 68-78, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ajco.12508. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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Oncology and carcinogenesis

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breast cancer

ovarian cancer

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Obermair, A; Youlden, D; Baade, P; Janda, M, Do breast cancer survivors benefit from prophylactic removal of uterus and ovaries? A population-based data linkage replication study, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017, 13 (1), pp. 68-78

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