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Choice of hormonal therapy in the postmenopausal woman

Baum M, Buzdar A. The current status of aromatase inhibitors in the management of breast cancer. Surg Clin North Am 2003;83(4):973-94. Abstract

Baum M et al. Anastrozole alone or in combination with tamoxifen versus tamoxifen alone for adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer: First results of the ATAC randomised trial. Lancet 2002;359(9324):2131-9. Abstract

Baum M et al. Anastrozole alone or in combination with tamoxifen versus tamoxifen alone for adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer: Results of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) trial efficacy and safety update analyses. Cancer 2003;98(9):1802-10. Abstract

Buzdar A. Anastrozole as adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer: Implications of the ATAC Trial. Clin Breast Cancer 2003;4(Suppl 1):42-8. Abstract

Chung CT, Carlson RW. The role of aromatase inhibitors in early breast cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2003;4(2):133-40. Abstract

Dowsett M. Origin and characteristics of adverse events in aromatase inhibition therapy for breast cancer. Semin Oncol 2003;30(4 Suppl 14):58-69. Abstract

Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomised trials. Lancet 1998;351(9114):1451-67. Abstract

Goss PE et al. A randomized trial of letrozole in postmenopausal women after five years of tamoxifen therapy for early-stage breast cancer. N Engl J Med 2003;349(19):1793-802. Abstract

Goss PE. Emerging role of aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting. Am J Clin Oncol 2003;26(4 Suppl):27-33. Abstract

Ingle JN. Adjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2003;9(1 Pt 2):480S-5S. Abstract

Sainsbury R on behalf of the ATAC Trialists' Group. Beneficial side-effect profile of anastrozole compared with tamoxifen confirmed by additional 7 months of exposure data: A safety update from the 'Arimidex', Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) trial. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2002.Abstract 633.

Schmid M et al. Randomized trial of tamoxifen versus tamoxifen plus aminoglutethimide as adjuvant treatment in postmenopausal breast cancer patients with hormone receptor-positive disease: Austrian breast and colorectal cancer study group trial 6. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(6):984-90. Abstract

Winer EP et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology Technology Assessment Working Group Update: Use of aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting. J Clin Oncol 2003:21(13):2597-9. Abstract

Adjuvant chemotherapy

Polychemotherapy for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomised trials. Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group. Lancet 1998;352(9132):930-42. Abstract

Citron ML et al. Randomized trial of dose-dense versus conventionally scheduled and sequential versus concurrent combination chemotherapy as postoperative adjuvant treatment of node-positive primary breast cancer: First report of Intergroup Trial C9741/Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9741. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(8):1431-9. Abstract

Henderson IC et al. Improved outcomes from adding sequential Paclitaxel but not from escalating Doxorubicin dose in an adjuvant chemotherapy regimen for patients with node-positive primary breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2003;21(6):976-83. Abstract

Robert JM et al. Phase III trial comparing TAC (docetaxel, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) with FAC (5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide) in the adjuvant treatment of node positive breast cancer (BC) patients: Interim analysis of the BCIRG 001 study. Proc ASCO 2002;Abstract 141.

Watters JM et al. Functional status is well maintained in older women during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2003;14(12):1744-50. Abstract

 

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Case 7: 76-year-old woman with multiple skin and subcutaneous nodules seven years after completing five years of adjuvant tamoxifen
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