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J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 Aug 02;113(8):1105-1108. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa160.

Antimullerian Hormone as a Serum Biomarker for Risk of Chemotherapy-Induced Amenorrhea.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Kathryn J Ruddy, Daniel J Schaid, Anthony Batzler, Reena S Cecchini, Ann H Partridge, Aaron Norman, Louis Fehrenbacher, Elizabeth A Stewart, Emanuel Trabuco, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Fergus J Couch, Peter A Fasching, Celine Vachon, Patricia A Ganz

Affiliations

  1. Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  2. Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA and NRG Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  4. Division of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
  5. Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  6. Kaiser Permanente Oncology Clinical Trials, Vallejo, CA, USA.
  7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  9. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  10. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
  11. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, NRG Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 33159444 PMCID: PMC8328977 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djaa160

Abstract

Antimullerian hormone (AMH) is a promising biomarker for ovarian reserve. In this study, we assessed AMH before and 1 year after initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy on National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)/NRG Oncology B-47 in female participants aged 42 years and younger (median age = 39 years). At baseline, median AMH was 1.2 ng/mL; 13 (4.7%) values were less than 0.1 ng/mL (the threshold for detectable levels, in the perimenopause and menopause range), and 57 values (20.6%) were less than 0.5 ng/mL. At 1 year, 215 (77.6%) were less than 0.1 ng/mL, and 264 (95.3%) were less than 0.5 ng/mL. Postchemotherapy menses were reported by 46.2% of participants. Multivariable logistic regression found that the odds of having postchemotherapy menses increased with younger age, higher body mass index, and higher prechemotherapy AMH, but not by trastuzumab administration or by the choice of chemotherapy (doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide followed by paclitaxel vs docetaxel-cyclophosphamide). We conclude that higher prechemotherapy AMH predicts a lower risk of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea and that AMH 1 year after chemotherapy initiation is not informative in this setting because it is likely to be very low.

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