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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients show preference for oral hormone therapy vs. monthly injections
March 23rd, 2006
Breast cancer patients in a recent study preferred hormone therapy via daily tablets rather than monthly injections. "Endocrine therapies for advanced breast cancer include tablets and intramuscular injections. When treatments have similar efficacy and tolerability profiles, addressing preferences about routes of administration is important," asserted investigators in England. L. Fallowfield and colleagues of the University of Sussex wrote, "Two hundred and eight women >2 years post-breast cancer diagnosis were interviewed about their preferences for daily tablets or monthly intramuscular injections. Health-care professionals treating the women...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-23)
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