Women and bone health: Maximizing the benefits of aromatase inhibitor therapy

Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Tang, Shou Ching ^a,b  

^a Virginia Piper Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Bisphosphonates; Bone; Breast cancer; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal women; Zoledronic acid

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CLODRONIC ACID; DENOSUMAB; ESTROGEN; EXEMESTANE; GOSERELIN; IBANDRONIC ACID; LETROZOLE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 1 AMINO TERMINAL PROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RISEDRONIC ACID; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE TURNOVER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRACTURE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY DELAY;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE REMODELING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; NITRILES; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANK LIGAND; RECURRENCE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 78049366903     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314997     Document Type: Review

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