Anastrozole

Successful desensitisation to Anastrozole.

Focus on anastrozole and breast cancer.

This commentary article provides an overview of recent clinical research trials involving anastrozole and its evolving role in the management of breast cancer. Anti-aromatase agents inhibit the cytochrome P-450 component of the aromatase enzyme complex responsible for the final step of estrogen biosynthesis in peripheral tissues which are the main source of estrogen in postmenopausal women. Ana...

Anastrozole: a new selective nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor.

Aromatase (estrogen synthetase) is the enzyme complex responsible for the final step in estrogen synthesis--the conversion of androstenedione and testosterone to estrone and estradiol, respectively. Inhibitors of this enzyme have been shown to be clinically effective in the treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women, in whom the major source of estrogen production derives from ...

Anastrozole-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Drug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (DI-SCLE) has been associated with numerous drugs, but there are limited reports of its association with aromatase inhibitor anastrozole. We report the case of a patient undergoing treatment with anastrozole for breast cancer who presented with clinical, serological, and histological evidence consistent with DI-SCLE. Her condition quickly bega...

Potential role of UGT1A4 promoter SNPs in anastrozole pharmacogenomics.

Anastrozole belongs to the nonsteroidal triazole-derivative group of aromatase inhibitors. Recently, clinical trials demonstrated improved antitumoral efficacy and a favorable toxicity with third-generation aromatase inhibitors, compared with tamoxifen. Anastrozole is predominantly metabolized by phase I oxidation with the potential for further phase II glucuronidation. It also, however, is sub...