Extended therapy may benefit breast cancer patients

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Extended therapy may benefit breast cancer patients - 11-12-2007, 03:20 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Postmenopausal women with breast cancer who successfully complete 5 years of tamoxifen therapy derive significant benefit from an additional 3 years of therapy with the anastrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, according to study findings published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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