Exemestane Compared With Tamoxifen in Treating Women With Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 1996
RATIONALE: Estrogen can stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells. Hormone therapy using exemestane or tamoxifen may fight cancer by blocking the uptake of estrogen. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II/III trial to compare the effectiveness of exemestane with that of tamoxifen in treating postmenopausal women who have locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer.
Epistemonikos ID: 78b6e746183e833522187cd0ca5db9df0ed17d53
First added on: May 03, 2024