-conserving surgery plus radiation therapy in DCIS are available. Several studies compare local excision to local excision plus whole-breast radiation (with or without tamoxifen), 9 and all showed improved local control with the addition of whole-breast radiation
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Donna Trauth and Lori J. Goldstein
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Noa Efrat Ben-Baruch, Ron Bose, Shyam M. Kavuri, Cynthia X. Ma, and Matthew J. Ellis
metastases were diagnosed and changing from letrozole to tamoxifen produced disease stabilization. In May 2011, massive hepatic progression was noted, with obstructive jaundice, ascites, and pleural effusion. Treatment with capecitabine and intensive
Azeez Farooki
, exemestane, and letrozole) have been shown to increase the risk of fracture compared with tamoxifen. Osteoporotic fracture is a concern in men, because up to 25% of men older than 50 suffer one, he added. ADT appears to increase the risk of fracture in men
Puyao C. Li, Zilu Zhang, Angel M. Cronin, and Rinaa S. Punglia
the EORTC Breast Cancer Cooperative Group and EORTC Radiotherapy Group . J Clin Oncol 2006 ; 24 : 3381 – 3387 . 16801628 2. Houghton J , George WD , Cuzick J , . Radiotherapy and tamoxifen in women with completely excised ductal carcinoma
Julia C. Shih and Anthony J. Olszanski
. 6 Within cancer care, the earliest reports of nonadherence rates were documented in breast cancer with endocrine therapies, ranging from 12% to 59% with tamoxifen and 9% to 50% with aromatase inhibitors. 7 In a systematic review by Greer et al, 1
Paul C. Hendrie and David A. Garcia
cancer mortality is not known. Other factors, such as venous stasis from vessel compression, immobility, central venous catheters (CVC), and thrombogenic anticancer therapies, such as tamoxifen and thalidomide, play a role in some patients. The new agents
Joyce Liu and Ursula Matulonis
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Suzanne C. O'Neill, Claudine Isaacs, Calvin Chao, Huei-Ting Tsai, Chunfu Liu, Bola F. Ekezue, Nandini Selvam, Larry G. Kessler, Marc D. Schwartz, Tania Lobo, and Arnold L. Potosky
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Kathleen Harnden and Kimberly Blackwell
%) received chemotherapy. In both Z-FAST and ZO-FAST, patients were concurrently treated with letrozole. In ABCSG-12, patients were treated with ovarian suppression and either anastrozole or tamoxifen. The AZURE patients were on a variety of standard adjuvant