Treatment of advanced breast cancer with megestrol acetate after therapy with tamoxifen
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Activity of megestrol acetate in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer after nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor failure: a phase II trial.
BACKGROUND As novel treatments carry substantial price tags and are mostly cost-prohibitive in low- and middle-income countries, there is an urgent need to develop alternatives, such as off-patent drugs. Megestrol acetate (MA) has a longstanding history in the treatment of breast cancer, but recently it is being used less often due to the advent of newer agents. PATIENTS AND METHODS This two-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19820201)49:3<413::aid-cncr2820490303>3.0.co;2-s