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Breast Cancer Survival and Aromatase Inhibitors
It is unclear whether treating breast cancer patients with aromatase inhibitors and inactivators offers a survival benefit compared with more traditional hormone therapies such as tamoxifen. Mauri et al. (p. 1285) performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared several generations of aromatase inhibitors and inactivators with standard hormone therapy in advanced breast cancer patients. They found statistically significant survival benefits with third-generation aromatase inhibitors and inactivators but not with earlier agents. The authors conclude that aromatase inhibition, particularly with third-generation drugs, may be associated with improved survival
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