title: [Progestational agents and bone metastasis in breast cancer].
abstract: Hormonotherapy in metastatic breast cancer is actually performed using 3 therapeutic classes: antiestrogen as tamoxifen (TAM), progestins, megestrol acetate (MA) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), aromatase-inhibitors as aminoglutethimide (AG). We investigated therapeutic efficacy of progestins compared to other hormonotherapies in case of breast cancer with bone metastasis. In a literature review, we found ten randomized trials comparing: MPA versus AG, MPA versus MA, MPA versus TAM, MA versus AG versus TAM. The results show an advantage on the response rate using MPA; the usual dose was 900-2,000 mg daily. MPA mode of action can explain these results since they combine gestagenic, androgenics and glucocorticoid effects.
authors.affiliation: Département d'oncologie médicale, Centre Oscar-Lambret, Lille, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leriche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonneterre
mesh_terms: D000616:Aminoglutethimide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008552:Melengestrol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D013629:Tamoxifen; D000616:Aminoglutethimide; D008552:Melengestrol Acetate; D008525:Medroxyprogesterone