1. With maturity comes confidence: EBCTCG tamoxifen update.
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Chia, Stephen K. and Wolff, Antonio C.
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TAMOXIFEN , *ESTROGEN receptors , *BREAST cancer treatment , *BREAST cancer research , *CANCER in women , *CANCER relapse - Abstract
In this article, the authors discuss the meta-analysis conducted by the Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) on the long-term outcomes of women breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant tamoxifen. They commend EBCTCG's commitment to investigate and update a database on breast cancer which showed that tamoxifen reduces cancer recurrence rate. They mention the significance of oestrogen receptor (ER) as a factor for tamoxifen efficacy based on the findings in the study.
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- 2011
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