Effects of vitamin D supplementation on a deep learning-based mammographic evaluation in SWOG S0812

JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Jul 1;8(4):pkae042. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkae042.

Abstract

Deep learning-based mammographic evaluations could noninvasively assess response to breast cancer chemoprevention. We evaluated change in a convolutional neural network-based breast cancer risk model applied to mammograms among women enrolled in SWOG S0812, which randomly assigned 208 premenopausal high-risk women to receive oral vitamin D3 20 000 IU weekly or placebo for 12 months. We applied the convolutional neural network model to mammograms collected at baseline (n = 109), 12 months (n = 97), and 24 months (n = 67) and compared changes in convolutional neural network-based risk score between treatment groups. Change in convolutional neural network-based risk score was not statistically significantly different between vitamin D and placebo groups at 12 months (0.005 vs 0.002, P = .875) or at 24 months (0.020 vs 0.001, P = .563). The findings are consistent with the primary analysis of S0812, which did not demonstrate statistically significant changes in mammographic density with vitamin D supplementation compared with placebo. There is an ongoing need to evaluate biomarkers of response to novel breast cancer chemopreventive agents.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Density* / drug effects
  • Breast Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms* / prevention & control
  • Cholecalciferol* / administration & dosage
  • Deep Learning*
  • Dietary Supplements*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammography*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Premenopause
  • Risk Assessment
  • Vitamin D / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Cholecalciferol
  • Vitamin D