Vol 66, No 5 (2016)
Other materials agreed with the Editors
Published online: 2017-03-29
Tamoxifen — no longer a golden standard for adjuvant therapy in the treatment of premenopausal patients with hormone-sensitive breast cancer
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2016;66(5):415-417.
Abstract
For several decades, in breast cancer patients with a luminal subtype, tamoxifen has been the main endocrine therapy in adjuvant setting in both pre- and postmenopausal women. However, it may be suboptimal in some premenopausal patients. The results of prospective, randomised studies SOFT/TEXT clearly demonstrated that the combination of OFS with TAM or IA is more effective than monotherapy TAM in breast cancer premenopausal women with hormone-sensitive early breast cancer and a high risk of recurrence.
Keywords: tamoxifenaromatase inhibitorovarian function suppressionbreast cancerpremenopausal women
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