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Zoledronic Acid Aids Disease-free Survival in Certain Breast Cancer Patients
Zoledronic Acid Aids Disease-free Survival in Certain Breast Cancer Patients
ME Schneider
20080501
2008 Jun 1
Elsevier Global Medical News
Zoledronic Acid Aids Disease-free Survival in Certain Breast Cancer Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2008 Jun 1, ME Schneider
CHICAGO (EMGN) - The use of endocrine therapy plus zoledronic acid (Zometa) reduced the risk of relapse by 36% among premenopausal women with early stage, endocrine-responsive breast cancer in a randomized trial of more than 1,800 women. The Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group-12 trial examined whether aromatase inhibitors could improve clinical outcomes for breast cancer patients compared with tamoxifen and if bisphosphonates added to endocrine therapy could improve outcomes. Dr. Michael...