Systemic or Vaginal Hormone Therapy After Early Breast Cancer: A Danish Observational Cohort Study.
Søren ColdFrederik ColdMaj-Britt JensenDeirdre P Cronin-FentonPeer M ChristiansenBent EjlertsenPublished in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2022)
In postmenopausal women treated for early-stage estrogen receptor-positive BC, neither VET nor MHT was associated with increased risk of recurrence or mortality. A subgroup analysis revealed an increased risk of recurrence, but not mortality, in patients receiving VET with adjuvant aromatase inhibitors.
Keyphrases
- postmenopausal women
- early stage
- estrogen receptor
- early breast cancer
- bone mineral density
- cardiovascular events
- free survival
- sentinel lymph node
- cardiovascular disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- type diabetes
- clinical trial
- stem cells
- bone marrow
- body composition
- mesenchymal stem cells
- drug induced
- open label
- radiation therapy
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy