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Uterine Sarcoma, Version 1.2016

Wui-Jin Koh, Benjamin E. Greer, Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum, Sachin M. Apte, Susana M. Campos, Kathleen R. Cho, Christina Chu, David Cohn, Marta Ann Crispens, Don S. Dizon, Oliver Dorigo, Patricia J. Eifel, Christine M. Fisher, Peter Frederick, David K. Gaffney, Suzanne George, Ernest Han, Susan Higgins, Warner K. Huh, John R. Lurain III, Andrea Mariani, David Mutch, Amanda Nickles Fader, Steven W. Remmenga, R. Kevin Reynolds, Todd Tillmanns, Fidel A. Valea, Catheryn M. Yashar, Nicole R. McMillian, and Jillian L. Scavone

, medroxyprogesterone acetate, megestrol acetate), and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues. Tamoxifen is not indicated for patients with uterine sarcomas, because an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer and uterine sarcoma was observed in patients

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NCCN Guidelines Insights: Older Adult Oncology, Version 2.2016

Noam VanderWalde, Reshma Jagsi, Efrat Dotan, Joel Baumgartner, Ilene S. Browner, Peggy Burhenn, Harvey Jay Cohen, Barish H. Edil, Beatrice Edwards, Martine Extermann, Apar Kishor P. Ganti, Cary Gross, Joleen Hubbard, Nancy L. Keating, Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki, June M. McKoy, Bruno C. Medeiros, Ewa Mrozek, Tracey O'Connor, Hope S. Rugo, Randall W. Rupper, Dale Shepard, Rebecca A. Silliman, Derek L. Stirewalt, William P. Tew, Louise C. Walter, Tanya Wildes, Mary Anne Bergman, Hema Sundar, and Arti Hurria

cancer. In a study that randomized 636 women (aged ≥70 years) treated with lumpectomy for clinical stage I estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer to either tamoxifen with whole-breast RT or tamoxifen alone, locoregional recurrence was slightly higher

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Psychotropic and Opioid Medication Use in Older Patients With Breast Cancer Across the Care Trajectory: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Ania Syrowatka, Sue-Ling Chang, Robyn Tamblyn, Nancy E. Mayo, and Ari N. Meguerditchian

complications. Most evident, certain types of antidepressant medications indicated for the treatment of distress (eg, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) may interfere with tamoxifen anticancer therapy. 9 In addition, older women have a disproportionately

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Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Older Breast Cancer Survivors in the United States: A Matched Cohort Study

Anthony A. Matthews, Sharon Peacock Hinton, Susannah Stanway, Alexander R. Lyon, Liam Smeeth, Krishnan Bhaskaran, and Jennifer L. Lund

has been suggested that users of the hormone therapy tamoxifen are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism compared with aromatase inhibitor users, but at a decreased risk of other cardiovascular outcomes, such as coronary heart disease. 36 – 38

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Invasive Breast Cancer Version 1.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

William J. Gradishar, Benjamin O. Anderson, Ron Balassanian, Sarah L. Blair, Harold J. Burstein, Amy Cyr, Anthony D. Elias, William B. Farrar, Andres Forero, Sharon Hermes Giordano, Matthew Goetz, Lori J. Goldstein, Clifford A. Hudis, Steven J. Isakoff, P. Kelly Marcom, Ingrid A. Mayer, Beryl McCormick, Meena Moran, Sameer A. Patel, Lori J. Pierce, Elizabeth C. Reed, Kilian E. Salerno, Lee S. Schwartzberg, Karen Lisa Smith, Mary Lou Smith, Hatem Soliman, George Somlo, Melinda Telli, John H. Ward, Dorothy A. Shead, and Rashmi Kumar

postmenopausal women, except that tamoxifen is the preferred adjuvant treatment. 5 – 9 There are limited clinical data on the efficacy of single-agent aromatase inhibitors in men, and aromatase inhibitors may be combined with gonadotropic hormone

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Preventing Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment: Just the Next Step in the Evolution of Breast Cancer Care

Rita A. Mukhtar, Jasmine M. Wong, and Laura J. Esserman

lumpectomy and tamoxifen with or without radiation. The radiation group was significantly less likely to experience local relapse at 5 years (0.6% vs 7.7%; P <.001) and axillary relapse (0.5% vs 2.5%; P =.049). However, no difference was seen in distant

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Discharge to Primary Care for Survivorship Follow-Up: How Are Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Faring?

Cindy Railton, Sasha Lupichuk, Jennifer McCormick, Lihong Zhong, Jenny Jaeeun Ko, Barbara Walley, Anil A. Joy, and Janine Giese-Davis

. From pharmacy records, we measured nonadherence (filled prescriptions covered ≤80% of potential time on therapy), nonpersistence (continuous period >6 months when no prescription was filled), and frequency and timing of planned switches from tamoxifen

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Chest Wall Leiomyosarcoma After Breast-Conservative Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer in a Young Woman With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome

Eve Henry, Victor Villalobos, Lynn Million, Kristin C. Jensen, Robert West, Kristen Ganjoo, Alexandra Lebensohn, James M. Ford, and Melinda L. Telli

an opposed tangent technique, which delivered 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions to the whole breast, followed by a 10-Gy boost to the lumpectomy cavity. She was then lost to follow-up and did not receive the intended course of adjuvant tamoxifen nor the

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Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations When Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Coincides With Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Lauren Nye, Timothy K. Huyck, and William J. Gradishar

-CSF) with each cycle and the lack of safety data on G-CSF in pregnancy. Tamoxifen and trastuzumab are contraindicated in pregnancy because of the high frequency of congenital abnormalities and poor fetal outcomes. 15 , 17 – 19 Radiation therapy may be a

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Pazopanib Sensitivity in a Patient With Breast Cancer and FGFR1 Amplification

Fiona Tsui-Fen Cheng, Fu Ou-Yang, Nina Lapke, Kai-Che Tung, Yen-Kung Chen, Yuh-Yu Chou, and Shu-Jen Chen

endocrine therapy with goserelin and tamoxifen. This regimen was continued for 2 years until the patient experienced relapse with multiple lung metastases. She received various therapies over the next 4.5 years, including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy