Supportive Care in Cancerde Bock GH, Musters RF, Bos HJ, Schroder CP, Mourits MJ, de Jong-van den Berg LT: Psychotropic medication during endocrine treatment for breast cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2012: 20:1533-1540.de Bock GH, Musters RF, Bos HJ, Schroder CP, Mourits MJ, de Jong...
A woman with a history of breast cancer can develop a recurrence of the same breast cancer years later if the cancer cells had already spread to the lymph nodesor other parts of the body or if the cancer cells were not all eliminated during treatment. A woman with previous breast cancer a...
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For roughly 80% of breast cancer survivors, treatment doesn't end with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Instead, for the next five to 10 years, doctors recommend that they take medication to block sex hormones, which can fuel tumor growth and spark recurrence. Ad The drugs, no doubt, ar...
Some trials of aromatase inhibitors used for the treatment of women with early-stage breast cancer or DCIS suggest that there may be a small increase in cardiovascular disease, such as stroke, with aromatase inhibitors; compared with tamoxifen, which reduces risk of fractures, aromatase inhibitors ...
For breast cancer medications and DOACs, we included individuals with, respectively, breast cancer or atrial fibrillation, pulmonary embolism, or venous thromboembolism diagnosis before treatment initiation (Methods). For antiplatelets, we did not analyze persistence, as this class of medications is ...
It is possible to have breaks in long-term medication against hormone-sensitive breast cancer without influencing the effect of the treatment. Women also feel better if they take a three-month break from the hormone treatment each year, according to a medication study reported inThe Lancet Oncology...
cIntended treatment duration is 5 years or until a breast, neoplastic, cardiovascular, or toxicity event. Table 1. Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Methods (Key Question 1) View LargeDownload Table 2. Randomized Clinical Trials of Medications to Reduce Risk for Breast Cancer (KQ2, KQ3, KQ4) Vie...
A survey conducted in primary care practices showed that a small proportion of women are eligible for discussions about use of tamoxifen to prevent cancer, and of those women, the proportion of breast cancers that would be prevented is also small, according to an article in the September 27 is...
Patient adherence and persistence with oral anticancer treatment 2009, CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians Adherence to initial adjuvant anastrozole therapy among women with early-stage breast cancer 2008, Journal of Clinical Oncology Early discontinuation of tamoxifen: A lesson for oncologists 2007, Cancer ...