Current breast cancer clinical trials

Home: Educational Supplement: Section 5

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Bajetta E et al. Aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer. Drugs Aging 1999;15:271-83. Abstract

Blankenstein MA et al. Intratumoral levels of estrogens in breast cancer. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1999;69:293-7. Abstract

Brodie AM, Njar VC. Aromatase inhibitors and their application in breast cancer treatment. Steroids 2000;65:171-9. Abstract

Crucitta E et al. New aromatase inhibitors in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Int J Oncol 2000;17:1037-41. Abstract

Dixon JM et al. Lessons from the use of aromatase inhibitors in the neoadjuvant setting. Endocrine-Related Cancer 1999;6(2):227-230. Full-Text

Dixon JM et al. The effects of neoadjuvant anastrozole (Arimidex) on tumor volume in postmenopausal women with breast cancer: A randomized, double-blind, single-center study. Clin Cancer Res 2000;6(6):2229-35. Abstract

Dowsett M. Drug and hormone interactions of aromatase inhibitors. Endocr Relat Cancer 1999;6:181-5. Full-Text

Dowsett M et al. Effects of the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole on serum oestrogens in Japanese and Caucasian women. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2000;46:35-9. Abstract

Dowsett M et al. Impact of tamoxifen on the pharmacokinetics and endocrine effects of the aromatase inhibitor letrozole in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 1999;5:2338-43. Abstract

Ellis MJ et al. Letrozole (Femara) is a more effective inhibitor of estrogen activity than tamoxifen: Evidence from a randomized phase III trial of 4 months preoperative endocrine therapy for postmenopausal women with primary invasive breast cancer. Proc ASCO 2001;Abstract 1661.

Esparza-Guerra L, Buzdar A. Anastrozole 'Arimidex' does not impair adrenal cortisol or aldosterone synthesis in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. Proc ASCO 2001;Abstract 1954.

Geisler J et al. Influence of neoadjuvant anastrozole (Arimidex) on intratumoral estrogen levels and proliferation markers in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2001;7(5):1230- 6. Abstract

Goss PE. Risks versus benefits in the clinical application of aromatase inhibitors. Endocr Relat Cancer 1999;6:325-32. Full-Text

Harper-Wynne C, Dowsett M. Recent advances in the clinical application of aromatase inhibitors. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2001;76:179-86. Abstract

Higa GM. Altering the estrogenic milieu of breast cancer with a focus on the new aromatase inhibitors. Pharmacotherapy 2000;20:280- 91. Abstract

Higa GM. New generation aromatase inhibitors in breast cancer. Weighing out potential costs and benefits. Pharmacoeconomics 2000;17:121-32. Abstract

Howell A. The Anastrozole, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) adjuvant breast cancer trial in postmenopausal women: Regional variation in knowledge of hormone receptor status prior to randomisation into the trial. The ATAC Trialists Group. Ann Oncol 2000;11(Suppl 4):Abstract 76.

Lonning PE. Clinico-pharmacological aspects of different hormone treatments. Eur J Cancer 2000;36 Suppl 4:S81-2. Abstract

Lonning PE. Is there a growing role for endocrine therapy in the treatment of breast cancer? Drugs 2000;60:11-21. Abstract

Michaud LB, Buzdar AU. Risks and benefits of aromatase inhibitors in postmenopausal breast cancer. Drug Saf 1999;21:297-309. Abstract

Miles I et al. Neoadjuvant Arimidex or tamoxifen, alone or combined, for breast cancer (IMPACT): PgR-related reductions in proliferation marker KI67. Proc ASCO 2000;Abstract 360.

Mouridsen H et al. Superior efficacy of letrozole versus tamoxifen as first-line therapy for postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer: Results of a phase III study of the International Letrozole Breast Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol 2001:2596-2606. Abstract

Muss HB. New Hormonal Therapies for Breast Cancer. Cancer Control 1999;6:247-255. Full-Text

Nabholtz JM et al. Anastrozole is superior to tamoxifen as first-line therapy for advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women: Results of a North American multicenter randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 2000;18(22):3758-3767. Abstract

Njar VC, Brodie AM. Comprehensive pharmacology and clinical efficacy of aromatase inhibitors. Drugs 1999;58:233-55. Abstract

Ragaz J. Status of aromatase inhibitors in relation to other breast cancer treatment modalities. Endocr Relat Cancer 1999;6:277-91. Full-Text

Sainsbury R. The Anastrozole, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination (ATAC) adjuvant breast cancer trial in postmenopausal women: Regional variations in surgical practice in patients recruited into the trial. The ATAC Trialists Group. Ann Oncol 2000;11(Suppl 4):Abstract

78. Sasano H et al. Effects of aromatase inhibitors on the pathobiology of the human breast, endometrial and ovarian carcinoma. Endocr Relat Cancer1999;6:197-204. Full-Text

Scott LJ, Wiseman LR. Exemestane. Drugs 1999;58:675-80; discussion 681-2. Abstract

Smith IE. Aromatase inhibitors: A dose-response effect? Endocr Relat Cancer 1999;6:245-9. Full-Text

Trialists' Group TA. Pharmacokinetics of anastrozole and tamoxifen alone and in combination during adjuvant endocrine therapy for early breast cancer in postmenopausal women: A subprotocol of the 'Arimidex® and Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination' (ATAC)trial. Br J Cancer 2001;85(3):317-24. Abstract

Venturino A et al. Formestane is feasible and effective in elderly breast cancer patients with comorbidity and disability. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2000;62:217-22. Abstract

Top

 

Additional Sections:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |

Section 5:
Aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting
Page 1
Page 2
Select Publications

 

Additional Sections:

1
Breast cancer clinical trials
2
Management of the axilla
3
Radiation therapy for primary breast cancer
4
Optimal use of adjuvant tamoxifen and ovarian ablation
5
Aromatase inhibitors in the adjuvant setting
6
Faslodex: An estrogen receptor downregulator
7
Optimal use of adjuvant chemotherapy
8
Herceptin as adjuvant therapy
9
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy
10
Bisphosphonates as adjuvant therapy
11
Other breast cancer clinical trials
12
Breast cancer training opportunities and clinical trials at Northwestern University
 

Search our site
Home · Contact us
Terms of use and general disclaimer