Breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-negative/progesterone receptor-positive tumors: being younger and getting less benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen treatment

Benefit and projected cost-effectiveness

Benefit and projected cost-effectiveness of anastrozole versus tamoxifen as initial adjuvant therapy for patients with early-stage estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer

✍ Bruce E. Hillner 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 125 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Women who have estrogen receptor (ER)‐positive disease with postmenopausal onset and who receive tamoxifen as standard adjuvant treatment constitute the largest subgroup of patients with breast cancer. Recent data from the ATAC (‘Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combinatio