Multicenter Cardiac Decision Impact Study in People With Breast Cancer

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and advances in early detection and treatment have led to steadily improved survival rates. Today, nearly 80% of breast cancer survivors are over 50 years of age. With longer survival, comes a greater burden of chronic disease, particularly cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is more common in breast cancer survivors than in the general population. This elevated risk is driven by treatment-related effects, such as chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity, metabolic changes including (therapy-associated) weight gain, and shared lifestyle risk factors such as obesity and physical inactivity. In routine clinical care, approximately 65% of breast cancer patients undergo local radiotherapy (RT) and will receive a planning computed tomography (CT) scan. These scans, while intended for RT planning, also capture valuable information on coronary artery calcifications (CAC), a well-established marker risk factor of CVD risk. The ARTILLERY-CarDI study is a multinational decision impact trial which will evaluate calculating CAC-based CVD risk (Agatston score) and communicating personalized, risk-based management recommendations to breast cancer patients. Aims and outcomes: In this study, CVD risk is estimated based on the manual CAC (Agatston) score using RT planning CT scans and a corresponding CVD risk-based recommendation is provided to breast cancer patients. The main aim of this study is to disclose this …

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