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 their disease. Tamoxifen has long been the mainstay of endocrine therapy in this group of patients. However, there is mounting evidence showing that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199218145
• ISBN13: 9780199218141
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.1" x 7.2"