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Cardiovascular risk factors during cancer treatment. Prevalence and prognostic relevance: insights from the CARDIOTOX registry

Journal

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 859-868

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaa034

Keywords

Risk factors; Cardiotoxicity; Chemotherapy; Cancer; SCORE; Mortality

Funding

  1. Fondo Investigaciones Sanitarias, Spain [FIS 113/00559]
  2. Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Cardiovascular CIBER-CV (Spain)
  3. Instituto de Investigacion Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPaz)

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This study aimed to investigate the actual usefulness of cardiovascular risk factor assessment in the prognostic evaluation of cancer patients treated with cardiotoxic treatment. The results showed a significant prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors at baseline and during follow-up. The use of Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE) for baseline risk assessment predicted severe cardiotoxicity and all-cause mortality. Therefore, it should be considered in the evaluation of cancer patients.
Aims The actual usefulness of cardiovascular (CV) risk factor assessment in the prognostic evaluation of cancer patients treated with cardiotoxic treatment remains largely unknown. Prospective multicentre study in patients scheduled to receive anticancer therapy related with moderate/high cardiotoxic risk. Methods and results A total of 1324 patients underwent follow-up in a dedicated cardio-oncology clinic from April 2012 to October 2017. Special care was given to the identification and control of CV risk factors. Clinical data, blood samples, and echocardiographic parameters were prospectively collected according to protocol, at baseline before cancer therapy and then at 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, and 2 years after initiation of cancer therapy. At baseline, 893 patients (67.4%) presented at least one risk factor, with a significant number of patients newly diagnosed during follow-up. Individual risk factors were not related with worse prognosis during a 2-year follow-up. However, a higher Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE) was significantly associated with higher rates of severe cardiotoxicity (CTox) and all-cause mortality [hazard ratio (HR) 1.79 (95% confidence interval, CI 1.16-2.76) for SCORE 5-9 and HR 4.90 (95% CI 2.44-9.82) for SCORE >= 10 when compared with patients with lower SCORE (0-4)]. Conclusions This large cohort of patients treated with a potentially cardiotoxic regimen showed a significant prevalence of CV risk factors at baseline and significant incidence during follow-up. Baseline CV risk assessment using SCORE predicted severe CTox and all-cause mortality. Therefore, its use should be considered in the evaluation of cancer patients.

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