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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2014

The optimal duration of adjuvant endocrine therapy for early stage breast cancer--with what drugs and for how long?

Stephen R D Johnston, Belinda Yeo

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Role of abemaciclib in primary breast cancer: a narrative review of MonarchE.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stephen R D JohnstonDepartment of Medicine, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 6JJ, UK, stephen.johnston@rmh.nhs.uk.
Belinda Yeo

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adjuvant endocrine therapy has made a significant impact in improving overall survival for women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer. The anti-estrogen tamoxifen is the most widely used therapy, although in post-menopausal women, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have further improved outcomes either as an alternative to tamoxifen for 5 years, or given in sequential fashion following initial tamoxifen therapy. However, late recurrence remains perhaps the biggest risk in HR-positive breast cancer, with more than half all recurrences occurring beyond 5 years since primary diagnosis. As such, the current debate is whether extended AI or prolonged tamoxifen therapy should be given, and if so, to whom. We review some of the recent studies that have addressed this question and demonstrated further reduction in risk of recurrence, and discuss the clinical issues that face women and their health care providers in determining who should use which drug, and for how long.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantEstrogen AntagonistsFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTamoxifenTime FactorsAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalEstrogen AntagonistsTamoxifen

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