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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings have been reported by H.L. Mcarthur and colleagues
July 9th, 2009
" After National Cancer Institute of Canada trial MA. 17 demonstrated benefits with letrozole after 5 years of tamoxifen, oncologists needed to identify and offer therapy to patients in community follow-up who were eligible for extended adjuvant hormone therapy. In British Columbia (BC), letters about extended letrozole therapy were sent to eligible BC women, their primary care physicians (PCPs), and their oncologists," scientists in Vancouver, Canada report. "We evaluated the effectiveness of this communication strategy. Patients and Methods Eight hundred eighty-five women with stage I-III breast cancer who completed 4 to 6 years of tamoxifen in 2004 with no documented...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-09)
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