NSABP B-42: A clinical trial to determine the efficacy of five years of letrozole compared with placebo in patients completing five years of hormonal therapy consisting of an aromatase inhibitor (AI) or tamoxifen followed by an AI in prolonging disease-free survival in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Eleftherios P. Mamounas, Barry Lembersky, Jong Hyeon Jeong, Walter Cronin, Barbara Harkins, Charles Geyer, Donald Lawrence Wickerham, Soonmyung Paik, Joseph Costantino, Norman Wolmark

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39 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)416-421
Number of pages6
JournalClinical breast cancer
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006

Keywords

  • Arterial thrombotic events
  • Duration of therapy
  • Early-stage disease
  • Osteoporotic fracture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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