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exemestane
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Intermittent dosing of exemestane is non-inferior to daily dosing
Giving the aromatase inhibitor (AI) exemestane 25 mg three times weekly was non-inferior to the standard dosing of 25mg daily among study participants who complied with the schedule. The international, multicentric study, which was supported by the US National Cancer…
Aromatase inhibitors better than tamoxifen in premenopausal breast cancer
Giving aromatase inhibitors (AIs) instead of tamoxifen to premenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, who have undergone ovarian suppression, significantly reduces risk of recurrence. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology (3 February), found that breast cancer recurrence…