Breast Cancer

New findings from the United States and Israel in the area of breast cancer described

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 1st, 2006

Investigators in the United States and Israel have published new breast cancer data.

Study 1: The reduction of breast tumors with preoperative anastrozole therapy appears promising.

"The Pre-Operative 'Arimidex' Compared to Tamoxifen (PROACT) study was a randomized, multicenter study comparing anastrozole with tamoxifen as a preoperative treatment of postmenopausal women with large, operable (T2/3, N0-2, M0), or potentially operable (T4b, N0-2, M0) breast cancer. The effect of preoperative endocrine therapy in patients scheduled for mastectomy or with inoperable tumors at baseline was also investigated," investigators at the University degli Studi di...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-08-01)

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