Endocrine Relationships in Breast Cancer

Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer

In an admirably concise fashion, Dr.Pritchard summarizes the results of trials randomizing tens of thousands of women in order to evaluate various types and uses of endocrine treatment over more than 50 years. I would never have predicted these results when I began my medical career in the early 1970s, or even as late as 1984 when the first overviews of breast cancer therapy were performed by R...

Endocrine therapy for breast cancer.

In addition to ovarian ablation by means of surgery or irradiation, a wide variety of endocrine agents are now available for the management of breast cancer, in both the metastatic and adjuvant settings. Currently available endocrine agents include antiestrogens, progestational drugs, and aromatase inhibitors. Randomized trials and meta-analyses have greatly clarified the specific roles of the ...

Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer

Endocrine therapy is the oldest form of treatment for metastatic breast cancer. The availability of numerous new endocrine agents during the past 10 years has led to significant changes in the use of this form of therapy. This article identifies appropriate candidates for endocrine therapy and describes various treatment options for different subsets of patients with metastatic disease. Overall...

Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer

Predicting endocrine therapy responsiveness in breast cancer.

Endocrine therapy is one of the most effective treatment strategies for breast cancer. However, in the adjuvant setting, up to 40% to 50% of patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers relapse despite these interventions. Although ER and HER2 analysis has increased our ability to predict which patients will benefit from endocrine therapy, further improvement is needed, most spe...