end-of-the-year clinics. The results of the ATLAS study were presented at San Antonio. This study addressed the question of extended course tamoxifen treatment beyond 5 years. The data suggest that longer durations of endocrine therapy with tamoxifen
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.57–0.94; P =.01). 32 In a multivariate analysis that took into account factors associated with lower IBTR, including grade, ER-positive status, use of adjuvant tamoxifen, margin status, and age, the benefit of RT boost still remained statistically
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), including tamoxifen and/or aromatase inhibitors (AIs), have been proven to reduce breast cancer mortality by approximately 30% for tamoxifen and 40% for AIs for estrogen receptor–positive patients in randomized clinical trials. 4 – 6 However, despite the
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, Dottie A. Shead, and Rashmi Kumar
(AI; with ovarian suppression for premenopausal women) or tamoxifen. The preferred endocrine therapy option for postmenopausal women is an AI. HER2-Targeted Therapy: For patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who are candidates for preoperative
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randomized to undergo lumpectomy with whole breast radiation or lumpectomy alone, both with tamoxifen for 5 years. Locoregional recurrence rates were 1% in the lumpectomy, radiation, and tamoxifen arm, and 4% in the lumpectomy plus tamoxifen arm. No
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of treatment and not a preexisting problem or from another cause. The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) developed the Symptom Measurement tool to assess the toxicity of chemopreventive tamoxifen in women enrolled in
Lee S. Schwartzberg
impactful way we can use these tests,” Dr. Schwartzberg remarked. In NSABP B-14, the benefit of tamoxifen (vs placebo) in patients with ER-positive cancer was seen in the low and intermediate RS groups, but not the high RS group. Discrimination by RS
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comparing letrozole and tamoxifen adjuvant therapy for postmenopausal early breast cancer: BIG 1-98 . J Clin Oncol 2007 ; 25 : 3846 – 3852 . 12 Badve SS Baehner FL Gray RP . Estrogen- and progesterone-receptor status in ECOG 2197: comparison
