Endocrine therapies in breast cancer /:

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in women worldwide, and the risk of disease recurrence continues despite improvements in screening and treatment. For patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, some form of endocrine therapy is central to the management of t...

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Weitere Verfasser: Buzdar, Aman U.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford oncology library.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in women worldwide, and the risk of disease recurrence continues despite improvements in screening and treatment. For patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, some form of endocrine therapy is central to the management of their disease. Tamoxifen has long been the mainstay of endocrine therapy in this group of patients. However, there is mounting evidence showing that the aromatase inhibitors are able toreduce overall oestrogen levels and appear to be better tolerated over a long term than tamoxifen. New and emerging.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 120 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191575174
0191575178
0191739871
9780191739873
0199606994
9780199606993
1283580756
9781283580755
9786613893208
661389320X

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