N-Terminal Pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide, sST2, and Galectin-3 Levels in Breast Cancer Survivors

NT-proBNP, soluble ST2 (sST2), and galectin-3 are biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction that have been proposed as identifiers of patients experiencing asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction after anthracycline-based chemotherapy. This study aimed to compare the proportion of breast cancer (BC) survivors with...

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Published in:Journal of clinical medicine 2021-07, Vol.10 (15), p.3313
Main Authors: Patel, Shruti Rajesh, Herrmann, Joerg, Vierkant, Robert A, Olson, Janet E, Couch, Fergus J, Hazim, Antonious, Sloan, Jeff A, Loprinzi, Charles L, Ruddy, Kathryn J
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Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Biomarkers
Breast cancer
Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy
Chemotherapy
Clinical medicine
Ejection fraction
Heart failure
Medical diagnosis
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Mortality
Patients
Peptides
Regression analysis
Variables
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Summary:NT-proBNP, soluble ST2 (sST2), and galectin-3 are biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction that have been proposed as identifiers of patients experiencing asymptomatic cardiac dysfunction after anthracycline-based chemotherapy. This study aimed to compare the proportion of breast cancer (BC) survivors with elevated serum levels of these three putative biomarkers by prior receipt of anthracycline (yes vs. no). Five-hundred-eighty survivors of BC who had received anthracycline-based chemotherapy were matched by age and time between diagnosis and serum storage to 580 who had not. Cardiac biomarker levels were analyzed using immunoassays. Analyses were carried out using linear and logistic regression models. Anthracycline recipients had higher values of NT-proBNP than non-recipients (mean 116.0 ng/L vs. 97.0 ng/L, respectively; < 0.001). Values for ST2 and galectin-3 did not significantly differ by receipt of anthracycline. After further adjustment for age at breast cancer diagnosis, ethnicity, and receipt of trastuzumab, associations between receipt of anthracycline and higher NT-proBNP persisted ( < 0.001), showing that NT-proBNP may be a biomarker of cardiovascular toxicity after receipt of anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Further research to assess the clinical utility of NT-proBNP testing after receipt of anthracycline is recommended. sST2 and galectin-3 do not appear to differentiate between anthracycline recipients and non-recipients amongst breast cancer survivors.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm10153313