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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 14, 1165-1171,
July 19, 2000
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Treatment-Associated Leukemia Following Testicular Cancer
Affiliations of authors: L. B. Travis, R. E. Curtis, J. D. Boice, Jr., E. Gilbert, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; M. Andersson, H. Storm, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark; M. Gospodarowicz, The Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, ON, Canada; F. E. van Leeuwen, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam; K. Bergfeldt, P. Hall, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; C. F. Lynch, The University of Iowa, Iowa City; B. A. Kohler, Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ; T. Wiklund, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; E. Holowaty, E. A. Clarke, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; E. Pukkala, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki; D. T. Sleijfer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; M. Stovall, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Correspondence to: Lois B. Travis, M.D., Sc.D., National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza South, Suite 7086, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Background: Men with testicular cancer are at an increased risk of leukemia, but the relationship to prior treatments is not well characterized. The purpose of our study was to describe the risk of leukemia following radiotherapy and chemotherapy for testicular cancer. Methods: Within a population-based cohort of 18 567 patients diagnosed with testicular cancer (from 1970 through 1993), a case–control study of leukemia was undertaken. Radiation dose to active bone marrow and type and cumulative amount of cytotoxic drugs were compared between 36 men who developed leukemia and 106 matched control patients without leukemia. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate the relative risk of leukemia associated with specific treatments. All P values are two-sided. Results: Radiotherapy (mean dose to active bone marrow, 12.6 Gy) without chemotherapy was associated with a threefold elevated risk of leukemia. Risk increased with increasing dose of radiation to active bone marrow (P for trend = .02), with patients receiving radiotherapy to the chest as well as to the abdominal/pelvic fields accounting for much of the risk at higher doses. Radiation dose to active bone marrow and the cumulative dose of cisplatin (P for trend = .001) were both predictive of excess leukemia risk in a model adjusted for all treatment variables. The estimated relative risk of leukemia at a cumulative dose of 650 mg cisplatin, which is commonly administered in current testicular cancer treatment regimens, was 3.2 (95% confidence interval = 1.5–8.4); larger doses (1000 mg) were linked with statistically significant sixfold increased risks. Conclusions: Past treatments for testicular cancer are associated with an increased risk of leukemia, with evidence for dose–response relationships for both radiotherapy and cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Statistically nonsignificant excesses are estimated for current radiotherapy regimens limited to the abdomen and pelvis: Among 10 000 patients given a treatment dose of 25 Gy and followed for 15 years, an excess of nine leukemias is predicted; cisplatin-based chemotherapy (dose, 650 mg) might result in 16 cases of leukemia. The survival advantage provided by current radiotherapy and chemotherapy regimens for testicular cancer far exceeds the small absolute risk of leukemia.
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