Important news for estrogen-induced breast cancer

[Bill Glasheen]

The bad news is that the treatment for prevention of this particular brand of breast cancer means denial of a basic female hormone. The good news is that the treatment saves lives. FYI.

NEJM Abstract
A Randomized Trial of Letrozole in Postmenopausal
Women after Five Years of Tamoxifen Therapy
for Early-Stage Breast Cancer


Richmond Times Dispatch article
Hope for breast cancer patients
Study: Drug cuts risk of relapse

Support basic research! Lives are being saved, but we can still do much, much better.

NEJM Editorial
Letrozole after Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer
What Is the Price of Success?

- Bill