Exemestane for Breast-Cancer Prevention in Postmenopausal Women
Author(s) -
Paul E. Goss,
James N. Ingle,
José E. AlésMartínez,
Angela M. Cheung,
Rowan T. Chlebowski,
Jean WactawskiWende,
Anne McTiernan,
John A. Robbins,
Karen Johnson,
Lisa W. Martin,
Eric Winquist,
Gloria E. Sarto,
Judy E. Garber,
Carol J. Fabian,
Pascal Pujol,
Elizabeth Maunsell,
Patricia Farmer,
Karen A. Gelmon,
Dongsheng Tu,
Harriet Richardson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1103507
Subject(s) - medicine , exemestane , breast cancer , tamoxifen , hazard ratio , raloxifene , oncology , ductal carcinoma , placebo , gynecology , cancer , confidence interval , pathology , alternative medicine
Tamoxifen and raloxifene have limited patient acceptance for primary prevention of breast cancer. Aromatase inhibitors prevent more contralateral breast cancers and cause fewer side effects than tamoxifen in patients with early-stage breast cancer.
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