Unveiling Cancer Risk in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Result from the Turkish Vasculitis Study Group (TRVaS)

Abstract Aim:To investigate cancer incidence in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV), compare it with the age/sex-spesific cancer risk of Turkish population, explore independent risk factors associated with cancer. Methods:This multicenter, incidence case-control study was conducted using TRVaS registry. AAV patients without cancer history before AAV diagnosis were included. Demographic and AAV-related data of patients with and without an incident cancer were compared. Standardized cancer incidence rates were calculated using age/sex-spesific 2017 Turkish National Cancer Registry data for cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers). Cox regression was performed to find factors related to incident cancers in AAV patients. Results:Of 461 AAV patients (236[51.2%] male), 19 had incident cancers after 2022.8 patient-years follow-up. Median(IQR) disease duration was 3.4(5.5) years, and 58(12.6%) patients died [7 with cancer and 1 without cancer (log-rank,p=0.04)]. Cancer-diagnosed patients were older, mostly male, and more likely to have anti-PR3-ANCA positivity. The cumulative cyclophosphamide dose was similar in patients with and without cancer. Overall cancer risk in AAV was 2.1(SIR)(1.3-3.2),p=0.004); lung and head-neck [primary target sites for AAV] cancers were the most common. In Cox regression, male sex and ≥60 years of age at AAV diagnosis were associated with increased cancer risk, while receiving rituximab was associated with decreased cancer risk. Conclusions:Cancer risk was 2.1-times higher in AAV patients than the age/sex-spesific cancer risk of Turkish population, despite a high rate of rituximab use and lower dose of cyclophosphamide doses. Vigilance in cancer screening for AAV patients covering lung, genitourinary, and head-neck regions, particularly in males and the elderly, is vital..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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ResearchSquare.com - (2024) vom: 23. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

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Bilgin, Emre [VerfasserIn]
Yıldırım, Tuba Demirci [VerfasserIn]
Ulusoy, Bahar Özdemir [VerfasserIn]
Öğüt, Tahir Saygın [VerfasserIn]
Karabacak, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Çağdaş, Öznur Sadioğlu [VerfasserIn]
Yıldırım, Reşit [VerfasserIn]
Güven, Deniz Can [VerfasserIn]
Akleylek, Cansu [VerfasserIn]
Ediboğlu, Elif [VerfasserIn]
Kutu, Muhammet Emin [VerfasserIn]
Özgür, Duygu [VerfasserIn]
Kardaş, Riza Can [VerfasserIn]
Bölek, Ertuğrul Çağrı [VerfasserIn]
Uzun, Gül Sandal [VerfasserIn]
Özsoy, Zehra [VerfasserIn]
Sarıyıldız, Emine [VerfasserIn]
Ayan, Gizem [VerfasserIn]
Armağan, Berkan [VerfasserIn]
Erden, Abdussamet [VerfasserIn]
Kılıç, Levent [VerfasserIn]
Erbasan, Funda [VerfasserIn]
Alibaz-Öner, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Aşıcıoğlu, Ebru [VerfasserIn]
Yazici, Ayten [VerfasserIn]
Bilge, Nazife Şule [VerfasserIn]
Küçük, Hamit [VerfasserIn]
Çelik, Selda [VerfasserIn]
Bes, Cemal [VerfasserIn]
Akar, Servet [VerfasserIn]
Yılmaz, Neslihan [VerfasserIn]
Kaşifoğlu, Timuçin [VerfasserIn]
Cefle, Ayşe [VerfasserIn]
Direskeneli, Haner [VerfasserIn]
Yazısız, Veli [VerfasserIn]
Dizdar, Ömer [VerfasserIn]
Omma, Ahmet [VerfasserIn]
Önen, Fatoş [VerfasserIn]
Karadağ, Ömer [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3860558/v1

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XRA042262348