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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings recently were reported by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital
June 5th, 2008
" The National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group MA. 17 trial examined the efficacy of letrozole (LET) started within 3 months of 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen in postmenopausal hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer. When the trial was unblinded, patients who received placebo (PLAC) were offered LET," investigators in the United States report. "Patients and Methods This cohort analysis describes the outcomes of women assigned PLAC at the initial random assignment after unblinding. Efficacy outcomes of women who chose LET (PLAC-LET group) were compared with those who did not (PLAC-PLAC group) by the hazard ratios and by P values calculated...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-05)
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