Duration of Adjuvant Aromatase-Inhibitor Therapy in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

Postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor–positive breast cancer who had received 5 years of adjuvant endocrine therapy were randomly assigned to an additional 2 years or 5 years of therapy with the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole. No between-group differences were noted in disease-free survival, b...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-07, Vol.385 (5), p.395-405
Hauptverfasser: Gnant, Michael, Fitzal, Florian, Rinnerthaler, Gabriel, Steger, Guenther G, Greil-Ressler, Sigrun, Balic, Marija, Heck, Dietmar, Jakesz, Raimund, Thaler, Josef, Egle, Daniel, Manfreda, Diether, Bjelic-Radisic, Vesna, Wieder, Ursula, Singer, Christian F, Melbinger-Zeinitzer, Elisabeth, Haslbauer, Ferdinand, Sevelda, Paul, Trapl, Harald, Wette, Viktor, Wimmer, Kerstin, Gampenrieder, Simon P, Bartsch, Rupert, Kacerovsky-Strobl, Stephanie, Suppan, Christoph, Brunner, Christine, Deutschmann, Christine, Soelkner, Lidija, Fesl, Christian, Greil, Richard
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Zusammenfassung:Postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor–positive breast cancer who had received 5 years of adjuvant endocrine therapy were randomly assigned to an additional 2 years or 5 years of therapy with the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole. No between-group differences were noted in disease-free survival, but patients in the 5-year group had more bone fractures.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2104162