• Line V Hjelle, Roy M Bremnes, Per O M Gundersen, Mette Sprauten, Marianne Brydøy, Torgrim Tandstad, Tom Wilsgaard, Sophie D Fosså, Jan Oldenburg, and Hege S Haugnes.
• Depatement of Clinical Medicine, Arctic University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway. Electronic address: line.v.hjelle@uit.no.
• Urol. Oncol. 2016 Nov 1; 34 (11): 487.e13-487.e20.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the associations between long-term serum levels of platinum (se-Pt) and neurotoxicity and ototoxicity (NTX), endocrine gonadal function (endocrine-GF), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in testicular cancer survivors.Material And MethodsA total of 292 cisplatin-treated testicular cancer survivors (1980-1994) participated in a national follow-up study (2007-2008). Se-Pt was quantified by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and categorized in quartiles. Symptoms of NTX were assessed with scale for chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity (SCIN), with each symptom in 4 categories and total SCIN score categorized in quartiles. Endocrine-GF was categorized according to cutoff values for the 25, 50, and 75 percentiles of luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone within each decadal age group established from a control group. CVD was defined as ischemic heart disease, stroke, or artery occlusion. Associations between se-Pt levels and NTX, endocrine-GF, or risk for CVD, were analyzed with ordinal logistic regression and Cox regression, respectively.ResultsMedian follow-up was 19 years (range: 13-28). In ordinal regression analyses, increasing quartiles of se-Pt were significantly associated with increasing quartiles of SCIN (P for trend = 0.05), increased tinnitus (P<0.001), and increased hearing impairment (P = 0.04). The association remained significant for tinnitus when adjusting for cisplatin dose. Increasing LH quartiles was associated with increasing se-Pt quartiles (P = 0.04). No association between se-Pt in quartiles and CVD was established.ConclusionMedian 19 years after treatment, increasing quartiles of se-Pt are associated with increasing SCIN score, tinnitus, hearing impairment, and increasing LH levels. However, these associations remained significant only for tinnitus and LH when adjusting for administered cisplatin dose.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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