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Dec 2024
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141. Back to Basics - The role of endocr...

Michael Fernando and Josh Hurwitz
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Before immunotherapy, targeted chemotherapy (ADCs) and precision oncology, there was endocrine therapy, the forefather (or mother) of effective treatment to reduce breast cancer recurrence as well as delay disease progression. This episode dives into a past of phenomenal improvement in the adjuvant breast cancer space. How long should one take endocrine therapy? We cover all the facts you need to know as a clinician or if you are curious from a patient/learning perspective.


Studies discussed in the episode:

EBCTCG Group - 2011 + 2015

ATLAS trial

BIG 198 trial

Patient-level meta-analysis of the randomised trials

IDEAL study


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Art courtesy of Taryn Silver

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