title: Aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer.
abstract: Endocrine therapy is a mainstay for the many women who develop in situ or invasive steroid receptor-positive breast cancer. The use of tamoxifen has reduced mortality in such women. Recently estrogen deprivation strategies have come under scrutiny. Here the use of aromatase inhibitors for treatment of postmenopausal endocrine-responsive breast cancer in the metastatic, adjuvant, and preoperative settings is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. sbriest1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briest
authors.forename: Nancy E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000502:physiology; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D013629:Tamoxifen