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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2012

Age effect on bone mineral density changes in breast cancer patients receiving anastrozole: results from the ARBI prospective clinical trial.

Christos Markopoulos, Evagelos Tzoracoleftherakis, Dimitrios Koukouras, Basileios Venizelos, Vasilios Zobolas, John Misitzis, Grigorios Xepapadakis, Helen Gogas

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Prevention of bone loss with risedronate in breast cancer survivors: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christos MarkopoulosHellenic Society of Breast Surgeons, 6 Eslin Street, 11523, Athens, Greece. cmarkop@hol.gr
Evagelos Tzoracoleftherakis
Dimitrios Koukouras
Basileios Venizelos
Vasilios Zobolas
John Misitzis
Grigorios Xepapadakis
Helen Gogas
Senologic Hellenic Society · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe investigated whether age at anastrozole (A) initiation influences the effect of treatment on bone mineral density (BMD). We conducted a post hoc analysis of the dataset of Arimidex Bone Mass Index Oral Bisphosphonates prospective trial, studying the effect of risedronate (R) on BMD of postmenopausal, early breast cancer patients receiving A.

methodsPatients were stratified into those with normal BMD or mild osteopenia (T > -2) receiving A-only and patients with mild or severe osteopenia (T ≤ -2) or osteoporosis (T < -2.5) receiving A and per os R (A + R). Depending on age on treatment initiation, patients were grouped into two age cohorts, above and below 65 years. BMD change in lumbar spine (LS) and hip (HP) was evaluated at 12 months. An analysis of patients with normal BMD at baseline was additionally performed.

resultsAmong patients receiving A-only, women ≤65 years were more likely to have a decrease in LS-BMD than older (p = 0.034). HP-BMD decrease at 12 months was not related to age (p = 0.182). In patients with mild or severe osteopenia or osteoporosis, treated with A + R, no age effect was observed for LS or HP (p = 0.099 and p = 0.939, respectively). Among patients with normal BMD at baseline, the age effect on LS-BMD change was more profound (p = 0.026).

conclusionsOur study suggests that younger postmenopausal women with normal BMD or mild osteopenia receiving A-only face an increased risk of bone loss in LS. Among patients with mild or severe osteopenia or osteoporosis treated with A + R, 12 months LS or HP BMD variations were configured regardless of age group.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonAgedAge FactorsAnastrozoleAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsBone Diseases, MetabolicBreast NeoplasmsDrug Therapy, CombinationEtidronic AcidFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNitrilesOsteoporosisAnastrozoleAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalBone Density Conservation AgentsEtidronic AcidNitrilesRisedronic AcidTriazoles

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PMID22552718
PMCPMC3418493
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