title: Influence of droloxifene on metastatic breast cancer as first-line endocrine treatment.
abstract: The effect of droloxifene (3-hydroxytamoxifen) given as first-line endocrine treatment was evaluated in 39 postmenopausal women with advanced receptor-positive or receptor-unknown breast cancer. The patients had not received any previous anticancer therapy apart from adjuvant treatment. The overall response rate (CR + PR) was 51% (8% CR, 43% PR), 95% confidence interval+/-15.7%. Median time to progression (all patients) was 8 months, the median time to response 2 months, while the median duration of response was 10 months. The drug was well tolerated with no major side effects recorded; 16% of the patients experienced hot flushes. The response to droloxifene recorded in the present study is in accordance with the response rates to tamoxifen as first-line treatment in identical groups of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway. helge.haarstad@medisin.ntnu.no
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haarstad
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lønning
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gundersen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wist
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kvinnsland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013629:Tamoxifen; C038345:droloxifene