Exemestane in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kittaneh, Muaiad ^a   Glück, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Breast cancer; Disease free survival; Exemestane; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; EXEMESTANE; LETROZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN; VITAMIN D;

ACNE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH ULCER; SWEATING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 83755164241     PISSN: 11782234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BCBCR.S6234     Document Type: Review

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