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Breast Cancer Therapy
Small benefits of endocrine therapy persuade some women to choose treatment
February 9th, 2006
Even small benefits of endocrine therapy persuades some women to choose this treatment, despite side effects. According to scientists at the University of Sidney, "Adjuvant endocrine therapy improves recurrence and survival rates, but has side effects and is inconvenient. The aim of this study was to determine the preferences of premenopausal women who had adjuvant endocrine therapy in a randomized trial." V.M. Duric and colleagues reported, "In all, 85 women completed semistructured interviews 6-30 months after finishing adjuvant endocrine therapy. Hypothetical scenarios based on known potential survival times (5 or 15 years) and rates (60% or 80%...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)
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