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Score Predicts Late Recurrence in ER-Positive Breast Cancer
Score Predicts Late Recurrence in ER-Positive Breast Cancer
S London
20110821
2011 Sept 21
Elsevier Global Medical News
Score Predicts Late Recurrence in ER-Positive Breast Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Sept 21, S London
SAN FRANCISCO (EGMN) - A new gene-based biomarker assay may help to estimate prognosis and make decisions about extended endocrine therapy in women with estrogen receptor-positive early breast cancer, new data suggest.Researchers tested the biomarker, the Breast Cancer Index (BCI), among 249 women with estrogen receptor-positive early breast cancer from the MA.17 trial, in which women received 5 years of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy and, if still disease free, were then randomized to an additional...