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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2022

Appraising Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Hormone Receptor Positive HER2-Negative Breast Cancer-A Literature Review.

Danilo Giffoni de Mello Morais Mata, Carlos Amir Carmona, Andrea Eisen, Maureen Trudeau

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Molecular Action of Tamoxifen in the Ovaries of Rats with Mammary Neoplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  6. Review
  7. Tamoxifen evolution.British journal of cancer · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danilo Giffoni de Mello Morais MataOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7375-4346
Carlos Amir CarmonaOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6594-4091
Andrea EisenOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada.
Maureen TrudeauOdette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N3M5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0938-4499
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApproximately 75% of breast cancer (BC) is associated with luminal differentiation expressing endocrine receptors (ER). For ER+ HER2- tumors, adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) is the cornerstone treatment. Although relapse events steadily continue, the ET benefits translate to dramatically lengthen life expectancy with bearable side-effects. This review of ER+ HER2- female BC outlines suitable adjuvant treatment strategies to help guide clinical decision making around appropriate therapy.

methodsA literature search was conducted in Embase, Medline, and the Cochrane Libraries, using ER+ HER-, ET BC keywords.

resultsIn low-risk patients: five years of ET is the standard option. While Tamoxifen remains the preferred selection for premenopausal women, AI is the choice for postmenopausal patients. In the high-risk category: ET plus/minus OFS with two years of Abemaciclib is recommended. Although extended ET for a total of ten years is an alternative, the optimal AI duration is undetermined; nevertheless an additional two to three years beyond the initial five years may be sufficient. In this postmenopausal group, bisphosphonate is endorsed.

conclusionsClassifying the risk category assists in deciding the treatment route and its optimal duration. Tailoring the breadth of ET hinges on a wide array of factors to be appraised for each individualized case, including weighing its benefits and harms.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalChemotherapy, AdjuvantFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTamoxifenAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalTamoxifenadjuvant cyclin-dependent kinases 4/6 inhibitorsaromatase inhibitorsbisphosphonatesearly breast cancerendocrine therapyHER2-negativehormone receptor positivepostmenopausalpremenopausalselective estrogen receptor

Identifiers

PMID35877254
PMCPMC9320044
OpenAlexW4285393349

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