Monday 20 January 2014

Anastrozole for prevention of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women (IBIS-II)

Anastrozole for prevention of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women (IBIS-II): An international, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial.  The lancet, Dec 2013 [early online publication]

Cuzick, J., et al.

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62292-8/fulltext

Aromatase inhibitors effectively prevent breast cancer recurrence and development of new contralateral tumours in postmenopausal women. We assessed the efficacy and safety of the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole for prevention of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who are at high risk of the disease.