Impact of pre-diagnosis depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life on treatment choice for ductal carcinoma in situ and stage I breast cancer in older women

Abstract

Purpose

To examine whether pre-diagnosis patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms are associated with local treatment for older women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and stage I breast cancer (BC).

Methods

Using the SEER-MHOS dataset, we identified women ≥ 65 years old with DCIS or stage I BC diagnosed 1998–2011 who completed surveys ≤ 24 months before diagnosis. Depressive symptoms were measured by major depressive disorder (MDD) risk and HRQOL was measured by Physical and Mental Component Summary scores (PCS and MCS, respectively) of the SF-36/VR-12. Associations with treatment choice (breast-conserving surgery [BCS] and radiation therapy [RT], BCS alone, mastectomy) were assessed with multivariable multinomial logistic regression, controlling for patient characteristics.

Results

We identified 425 women with DCIS and 982 with stage I BC. Overall, 20.4% endorsed depressive symptoms placing them at risk for MDD pre-diagnosis; mean MCS and PCS scores were 52.3 (SD = 10.1) and 40.5 (SD = 11.5), respectively. Among women with DCIS, those at risk for MDD were more likely to receive BCS (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.04, 95% CI 1.04–4.00, p = 0.04) or mastectomy (AOR 1.88, 95% CI 0.91–3.86, p = 0.09) compared to BCS + RT. For DCIS, MCS score was not associated with treatment; higher PCS score was associated with decreased likelihood of receiving mastectomy versus BCS + RT (AOR 0.71 per 10-point increase, 95% CI 0.54–0.95, p = 0.02). For BC, none of the measures were significantly associated with treatment.

Conclusion

Older women at risk for MDD before DCIS diagnosis were less likely to receive RT after BCS, compared to BCS alone or mastectomy.

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Alkaptonuria—an atypical case: multi-modality imaging review

Abstract

Alkaptonuria is a rare inborn metabolic disorder due to a mutation in the homogentisic acid oxidase enzyme (HGO) gene on chromosome 3q. As HGO is deficient in alkaptonuria patients, there is an accumulation of homogentisic acid in the blood and urine. Homogentisic acid gets deposited in the soft tissues, tendons, cartilages, large joints and intervertebral discs. Ochronosis usually affects the dorsolumbar spine and typically spares the cervical spine and sacroiliac joints. However, in this case of isolated ochronosis, we report co-existent extensive cervical spine degenerative changes and cervical vertebral fusion, which has not been described in the literature so far.

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Correction to: Strategies for Predicting Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The conflict of interest statement was incorrect. The corrected statement is given below.

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Coding patterns used by ophthalmologists for hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity

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Highlights of the special scientific sessions of the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Skeletal Society (ISS) 2018, Berlin, Germany

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Dairy Consumption and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analyses of Prospective Cohort Studies

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Dairy products contain both beneficial and harmful nutrients in relation to cardiometabolic diseases. Here, we provide the latest scientific evidence regarding the relationship between dairy products and cardiometabolic diseases by reviewing the literature and updating meta-analyses of observational studies.

Recent Findings

We updated our previous meta-analyses of cohort studies on type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke with nine studies and confirmed previous results. Total dairy and low-fat dairy (per 200 g/d) were inversely associated with a 3–4% lower risk of diabetes. Yogurt was non-linearly inversely associated with diabetes (RR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.83–0.90 at 80 g/d). Total dairy and milk were not associated with CHD (RR~1.0). An increment of 200 g of daily milk intake was associated with an 8% lower risk of stroke.

Summary

The latest scientific evidence confirmed neutral or beneficial associations between dairy products and risk of cardiometabolic diseases.

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The effects of intraoperative ICG fluorescence angiography in laparoscopic low anterior resection: a propensity score-matched study

Abstract

Background

It remains unclear whether indocyanine green (ICG) angiography could reduce the rate of postoperative anastomotic leakage (AL) following rectal surgery. The aim was to determine whether intraoperative ICG angiography could decrease symptomatic AL following laparoscopic low anterior resection (LAR).

Methods

This is a retrospective study of 149 patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic LAR at a single institution. Propensity score matching (PSM) was employed to compare groups with and without ICG angiography.

Results

Before PSM, the symptomatic AL rate was 10.4% (5/48) in patients with ICG angiography, compared with 6.9% (7/101) in cases without ICG angiography (P = 0.52). In patients with ICG angiography, poor perfusion of the proximal colon judged by ICG angiography led to additional colon resection in 27.1% (13/48). Symptomatic AL occurred in 30.8% (4/13) of the patients who had revision of the transection site, whereas it occurred in only 2.9% (1/35) of the patients who did not need revision of the transection site (P = 0.015). After PSM, the symptomatic AL rate was 8.8% (3/34) in patients with ICG angiography, compared with 14.7% (5/34) in cases without ICG angiography (P = 0.71). In univariate analysis, high BMI, preoperative chemotherapy, and lateral lymph node dissection were significantly associated with symptomatic AL. Multivariate analysis indicated that only lateral lymph node dissection remained significantly associated with AL (odds ratio, 10.05; 95% confidence interval, 1.75–58.61; P = 0.011).

Conclusions

Intraoperative ICG angiography is useful for prediction of AL following laparoscopic LAR.

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