Optimizing Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Decision Analysis
Punglia RS, Kuntz KM, Winer EP, Weeks JC, Burstein HJ. Optimizing Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Postmenopausal Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Decision Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2005, 23: 5178-5187. PMID: 15998905, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.02.964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalDisease-free survival estimatesAromatase inhibitor monotherapyYears of tamoxifenAromatase inhibitorsSequential therapyBreast cancerInhibitor monotherapyPostmenopausal womenTreatment strategiesHormone receptor-positive breast cancerDisease-free survival ratesDistant disease-free survivalReceptor-positive breast cancerEarly-stage breast cancerSurvival estimatesAdjuvant endocrine therapyAromatase inhibitor therapyCross-over treatmentNode-positive patientsSequential adjuvant therapyPostmenopausal breast cancerRelative risk reductionRandomized clinical trialsSequential treatment strategy