Breast Cancer Trial Results
Long-Term Data from 20 Trials Confirm Tamoxifen’s Long-Lasting Benefit
(Posted: 11/23/2011) - In an analysis of data from participants in 20 clinical trials, women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who received about 5 years of adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen had a lower risk of recurrence in the 15 years after starting treatment than women who did not receive tamoxifen.
Chemotherapy Less Toxic to the Heart May Be Option for Some Women with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
(Posted: 11/03/2011) - A nonanthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen combined with the targeted therapy trastuzumab may be an option for some women with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to results from the Breast Cancer International Research Group 006 (BCIRG-006) trial reported October 6, 2011, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Zoledronic Acid Did Not Improve Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer
(Posted: 12/27/2010, Updated: 10/20/2011) - The addition of zoledronic acid to standard adjuvant therapy did not extend disease-free survival for women with stage II or III breast cancer in the phase III AZURE trial, results of which were presented at the 2010 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Zoledronic Acid Improves Early Breast Cancer Treatment
(Posted: 06/19/2008, Updated: 09/06/2011) - The addition of zoledronic acid (Zometa®) to adjuvant endocrine therapy in premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer significantly improves clinical outcomes beyond those achieved with endocrine therapy alone, according to findings presented at the 2008 ASCO meeting in Chicago.
Tool Weighs Benefits, Risks of Raloxifene or Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer
(Posted: 06/14/2011) - Researchers have developed a benefit-risk index to help guide decisions on whether postmenopausal women at increased risk of developing breast cancer should take raloxifene or tamoxifen to reduce that risk.
(Posted: 11/23/2011) - In an analysis of data from participants in 20 clinical trials, women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who received about 5 years of adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen had a lower risk of recurrence in the 15 years after starting treatment than women who did not receive tamoxifen.
Chemotherapy Less Toxic to the Heart May Be Option for Some Women with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
(Posted: 11/03/2011) - A nonanthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen combined with the targeted therapy trastuzumab may be an option for some women with HER2-positive breast cancer, according to results from the Breast Cancer International Research Group 006 (BCIRG-006) trial reported October 6, 2011, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Zoledronic Acid Did Not Improve Disease-Free Survival in Breast Cancer
(Posted: 12/27/2010, Updated: 10/20/2011) - The addition of zoledronic acid to standard adjuvant therapy did not extend disease-free survival for women with stage II or III breast cancer in the phase III AZURE trial, results of which were presented at the 2010 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Zoledronic Acid Improves Early Breast Cancer Treatment
(Posted: 06/19/2008, Updated: 09/06/2011) - The addition of zoledronic acid (Zometa®) to adjuvant endocrine therapy in premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer significantly improves clinical outcomes beyond those achieved with endocrine therapy alone, according to findings presented at the 2008 ASCO meeting in Chicago.
Tool Weighs Benefits, Risks of Raloxifene or Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer
(Posted: 06/14/2011) - Researchers have developed a benefit-risk index to help guide decisions on whether postmenopausal women at increased risk of developing breast cancer should take raloxifene or tamoxifen to reduce that risk.
