Advances in Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Postmenopausal Women
Lin NU, Winer EP. Advances in Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Postmenopausal Women. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 26: 798-805. PMID: 18258989, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.15.0946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostmenopausal womenAromatase inhibitorsEndocrine therapyBreast cancerHormone receptor-positive breast cancerHormone receptor-positive cancersInitial breast cancer diagnosisReceptor-positive breast cancerMost postmenopausal womenUpfront aromatase inhibitorsYears of tamoxifenAdjuvant endocrine therapyDisease-free survivalReceptor-positive cancersCommon tumor subtypeBreast cancer diagnosisPostmenopausal settingEndocrine treatmentOverall survivalDisease recurrenceRandomized trialsAvailable trialsIndividual patientsHigh riskTumor subtypes