Ethinylestradiol is beneficial for postmenopausal patients with heavily pre-treated metastatic breast cancer after prior aromatase inhibitor treatment: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Oestrogens usually stimulate the progression of oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. Paradoxically, high-dose oestrogens suppress the growth of these tumours in certain circumstances. METHODS: We prospectively examined the efficacy and safety of ethinylestradiol treatment (3 m...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Iwase, H, Yamamoto, Y, Yamamoto-Ibusuki, M, Murakami, K-I, Okumura, Y, Tomita, S, Inao, T, Honda, Y, Omoto, Y, Iyama, K-I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24002591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.520

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24002591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.520

Ejemplares similares