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Fulvestrant gives prolonged response in women with advanced breast cancer.(Brief Article)
2002 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Encouraging data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have shown that Faslodex is at least as effective as Arimidex in the treatment of hormone receptor positive postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. It also provides a longer mean duration of response in this setting. This promising finding adds to a growing body of evidence to support Faslodex use in the advanced setting, suggesting it is a valuable additional endocrine treatment option for these patients.
Previous data analysis has already shown that the use of Faslodex following antiestrogen therapy for advanced disease does not compromise the potential for efficacy of subsequent endocrine agents, such as aromatase inhibitors or progestins. Faslodex may therefore play a crucial role in extending the overall therapeutic window of opportunity for the use of endocrine treatment modalities in advanced disease.
Faslodex has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression following ...
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...effectiveness of FASLODEX in patients with advanced breast cancer whose disease has...postmenopausal women with breast cancer, treatment with FASLODEX showed a decrease...estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells. FASLODEX is administered...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 11, 2004 700+ words
...treatment with FASLODEX in 67 postmenopausal...women with advanced breast cancer who had previously...treatment with FASLODEX in 77 postmenopausal...women with advanced breast cancer, who had disease...as tamoxifen. FASLODEX is the only approved...therapy for advanced ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 5, 2003 700+ words
...FDA) approved FASLODEX in 2002 for the...positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal...as tamoxifen. FASLODEX is the only approved...therapy for advanced breast cancer administered as...positive metastatic breast cancer. The trial, called...Evaluation of ...
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- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News December 8, 2003 700+ words
...women with advanced breast cancer treated with the...receptor antagonist, 'Faslodex', have comparable...reminders of their breast cancer. The data confirm that 'Faslodex' is a valuable...positive metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal...
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- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly October 31, 2002 700+ words
...resistant advanced breast cancer, confirming that Faslodex works in a...receptor, Faslodex targets and...receptors in breast cancer cells. In...Henderson, a noted breast cancer expert from...concludes that Faslodex is one of a...
- Analysis shows Faslodex effective in treating metastatic breast cancer.
- Newspaper article from: Pharma Business Week December 29, 2003 700+ words
...FDA) approved Faslodex in 2002 for the...positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal...as tamoxifen. Faslodex is the only approved...therapy for advanced breast cancer administered as...positive metastatic breast cancer. The trial, called...Evaluation of ...
