Medical Oncology, Department of Precision Medicine, School of Medicine, "Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80147, Naples, Italy.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2021 Apr 16;22(5):45. doi: 10.1007/s11864-021-00835-2.
About 70-80% of early breast cancer (BC) patients receive adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) for at least 5 years. ET includes in the majority of cases the use of aromatase inhibitors, as upfront or switch strategy, that lead to impaired bone health. Given the high incidence and also the high prevalence of BC, cancer treatment-induced bone loss (CTIBL) represents the most common long-term adverse event experimented by patients with hormone receptor positive tumours. CTIBL is responsible for osteoporosis occurrence and, as a consequence, fragility fractures that may negatively affect quality of life and survival expectancy. As recommended by main international guidelines, BC women on aromatase inhibitors should be carefully assessed for their fracture risk at baseline and periodically reassessed during adjuvant ET in order to early detect significant worsening in terms of bone health. Antiresorptive agents, together with adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D, should be administered in BC patients during all course of ET, especially in those at high risk of osteoporotic fractures, as calculated by tools available for clinicians. Bisphosphonates, such as zoledronate or pamidronate, and anti-RANKL antibody, denosumab, are the two classes of antiresorptive drugs used in clinical practice with similar efficacy in preventing bone loss induced by aromatase inhibitor therapy. The choice between them, in the absence of direct comparison, should be based on patients' preference and compliance; the different safety profile is mainly related to the route of administration, although both types of drugs are manageable with due care, since most of the adverse events are predictable and preventable. Despite advances in management of CTIBL, several issues such as the optimal time of starting antiresorptive agents and the duration of treatment remain unanswered. Future clinical trials as well as increased awareness of bone health are needed to improve prevention, assessment and treatment of CTIBL in these long-term survivor patients.
约 70-80%的早期乳腺癌 (BC) 患者至少接受 5 年的辅助内分泌治疗 (ET)。ET 包括在大多数情况下使用芳香化酶抑制剂,作为一线或转换策略,这会导致骨骼健康受损。鉴于 BC 的高发病率和高患病率,癌症治疗引起的骨丢失 (CTIBL) 是激素受体阳性肿瘤患者最常见的长期不良事件。CTIBL 可导致骨质疏松症的发生,并因此导致脆性骨折,这可能对生活质量和预期寿命产生负面影响。正如主要国际指南所建议的那样,接受芳香化酶抑制剂治疗的 BC 患者在基线时应仔细评估其骨折风险,并在辅助 ET 期间定期重新评估,以早期发现骨骼健康方面的显著恶化。在整个 ET 期间,BC 患者应使用抗吸收剂(如钙剂和维生素 D),特别是在那些用现有的临床工具计算出骨质疏松性骨折高风险的患者中。双膦酸盐(如唑来膦酸或帕米膦酸)和抗 RANKL 抗体(地舒单抗)是临床实践中使用的两种抗吸收药物,在预防芳香化酶抑制剂治疗引起的骨丢失方面具有相似的疗效。在没有直接比较的情况下,两者之间的选择应基于患者的偏好和依从性;不同的安全性特征主要与给药途径有关,尽管两种类型的药物都可以通过适当的护理进行管理,因为大多数不良反应是可预测和可预防的。尽管在 CTIBL 管理方面取得了进展,但一些问题,如开始抗吸收剂的最佳时间和治疗持续时间,仍未得到解答。需要进一步的临床试验和提高对骨骼健康的认识,以改善这些长期幸存者患者的 CTIBL 的预防、评估和治疗。