Late Extended Adjuvant Treatment With Letrozole Improves Outcome in Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Who Complete 5 Years of Tamoxifen
Author(s) -
Paul E. Goss,
James N. Ingle,
Joseph L. Pater,
Silvana Martino,
Nicholas J. Robert,
Hyman B. Muss,
Martine Piccart,
Monica Castiglione,
Lois E. Shepherd,
Kathleen I. Pritchard,
Robert B. Livingston,
Nancy E. Davidson,
Larry Norton,
Edith A. Perez,
Jeffrey S. Abrams,
David Cameron,
Michael Palmer,
Dongsheng Tu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2007.11.6798
Subject(s) - medicine , letrozole , tamoxifen , hazard ratio , breast cancer , cohort , gynecology , cancer , oncology , confidence interval
The National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group MA.17 trial examined the efficacy of letrozole (LET) started within 3 months of 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen in postmenopausal hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer. When the trial was unblinded, patients who received placebo (PLAC) were offered LET.
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