Randomized trial of letrozole following tamoxifen as extended adjuvant therapy in receptor-positive breast cancer: updated findings from NCIC CTG MA.17

Paul E Goss, James N Ingle, Silvana Martino, Nicholas J Robert, Hyman B Muss, Martine J Piccart, Monica Castiglione, Dongsheng Tu, Lois E Shepherd, Kathleen I Pritchard, Robert B Livingston, Nancy E Davidson, Larry Norton, Edith A Perez, Jeffrey S Abrams, David A Cameron, Michael J Palmer, Joseph L Pater

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Abstract

Most recurrences in women with breast cancer receiving 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen occur after 5 years. The MA.17 trial, which was designed to determine whether extended adjuvant therapy with the aromatase inhibitor letrozole after tamoxifen reduces the risk of such late recurrences, was stopped early after an interim analysis showed that letrozole improved disease-free survival. This report presents updated findings from the trial.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1262-71
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI)
Volume97
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2005

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Aromatase Inhibitors
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitriles
  • Postmenopause
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Receptors, Progesterone
  • Survival Analysis
  • Tamoxifen
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazoles

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