Journal
CANCER
Volume 124, Issue 17, Pages 3576-3585Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31599
Keywords
childhood cancer survivors; cranial radiotherapy (CRT); Europe; late effects; obesity; steroids; Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry
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- Swiss Cancer Research [KLS-3412-02-2014, KLS-3644-02-2015, KLS-3886-02-2016]
- Foundation Force, Lausanne University Hospital (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Swiss Pediatric Oncology Group
- Schweizerische Konferenz der kantonalen Gesundheitsdirektorinnen und-direktoren
- Swiss Cancer Research
- Kinderkrebshilfe Schweiz
- Federal Office of Public Health
- National Institute of Cancer Epidemiology and Registration
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BACKGROUNDGlucocorticoids can lead to weight gain during cancer treatment, but to the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding their long-term effects in childhood cancer survivors (CCS). METHODSAs part of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, the authors sent a questionnaire to CCS aged <21 years at diagnosis who were residing in Switzerland, had survived 5 years, and were aged 15 to 45 years at the time of the survey. Cumulative doses of glucocorticoids were assessed from medical records and study protocols and body mass index was calculated from self-reported height and weight at the time of the survey. The authors compared the prevalence of overweight between CCS, their siblings, and the general population (Swiss Health Survey [SHS]) and investigated the association between overweight and treatment-related risk factors using multivariable logistic regression. RESULTSThe study included 1936 CCS, 546 siblings, and 9591 SHS participants. The median age of the CCS at the time of the survey was 24 years (interquartile range, 20-31 years) and the median time since diagnosis was 17 years (interquartile range, 12-22 years). At the time of the survey, approximately 26% of CCS were overweight, a percentage that was comparable to that among siblings (24%) and the SHS participants (25%). The prevalence of overweight was 24% in CCS treated with glucocorticoids only (686 CCS), 37% in those treated with cranial radiotherapy (CRT) (127 CCS), and 49% in those who received treatment with both glucocorticoids and CRT (101 CCS) (P<.001). The authors found no evidence of a dose-response relationship between cumulative glucocorticoid doses and overweight and no evidence that CRT modified the effect of the cumulative glucocorticoid dose on overweight. CONCLUSIONSThe results of the current study suggest that glucocorticoids used for the treatment of childhood cancer are not associated with long-term risk of overweight. (C) 2018 American Cancer Society.
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