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Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 17, Issue 9 (September), 1999: 2659
© 1999 American Society for Clinical Oncology

Health-Related Quality of Life and Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Prevention: A Report From the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study

Richard Day, Patricia A. Ganz, Joseph P. Costantino, Walter M. Cronin, D. Lawrence Wickerham, Bernard Fisher

From the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Operations and Biostatistical Centers, Pittsburgh, PA, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Address reprint requests to Richard Day, PhD, Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261; email rdfac{at}vms.cis.pitt.edu

PURPOSE: This is the initial report from the health-related quality of life (HRQL) component of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Breast Cancer Prevention Trial. This report provides an overview of HRQL findings, comparing tamoxifen and placebo groups, and advice to clinicians counseling women about the use of tamoxifen in a prevention setting.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This report covers the baseline and the first 36 months of follow-up data on 11,064 women recruited over the first 24 months of the study. Findings are presented from the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D), the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Status Survey (MOS SF-36) and sexual functioning scale, and a symptom checklist.

RESULTS: No differences were found between placebo and tamoxifen groups for the proportion of participants scoring above a clinically significant level on the CES-D. No differences were found between groups for the MOS SF-36 summary physical and mental scores. The mean number of symptoms reported was consistently higher in the tamoxifen group and was associated with vasomotor and gynecologic symptoms. Significant increases were found in the proportion of women on tamoxifen reporting problems of sexual functioning at a definite or serious level, although overall rates of sexual activity remained similar.

CONCLUSION: Women need to be informed of the increased frequency of vasomotor and gynecologic symptoms and problems of sexual functioning associated with tamoxifen use. Weight gain and depression, two clinical problems anecdotally associated with tamoxifen treatment, were not increased in frequency in this trial in healthy women, which is good news that also needs to be communicated.




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