endocrine therapy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofendocrineandtherapy
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endocrine
adjective
uk/ˈen.də.krɪn/us/ˈen.də.krɪn/
relating to any of the organs of the body that make hormones (= chemicals that make the body grow and develop) and put them into the blood, or to the hormones that ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθer.ə.pi/us/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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(Definition ofendocrineandtherapyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All patients received adjuvant chemotherapy orendocrinetherapy.
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The results of the trial indicate thatendocrinetherapycauses significant bone loss that increased with treatment duration in premenopausal women with breast cancer.
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Adjuvant therapy for premenopausal patients with node-positive breast cancer who are not suitable forendocrinetherapyalone.
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Adjuvant therapy for post perimenopausal patients with node-positive breast cancer who are not suitable forendocrinetherapyalone.
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Adjuvant therapy for premenopausal patients with node-positive breast cancer who are suitable forendocrinetherapyalone.
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Zoledronic acid effectively prevents cancer treatment-induced bone loss in premenopausal women receiving adjuvantendocrinetherapyfor hormone-responsive breast cancer.
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However, 30% of patients who receiveendocrinetherapywill derive no benefit from such treatments and may indeed suffer adverse effects.
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The benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy,endocrinetherapy, and trastuzumab therapy are well-established in patients with early breast cancer.
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The primary core analysis included all patients, excluding events and followup beyond 2 years for patients in the latter two arms involving a switch inendocrinetherapy.
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The majority of patients were expected referrals to their clinical oncologists to prescribe 'boost', or part two of their treatment and to reviewendocrinetherapy(437).
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Studies of adjuvant therapy indicate that a combination of treatment options—surgery, chemotherapy, adjuvantendocrinetherapy—is highly effective, but circumstances differ in individual cases.
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Recent studies of adjuvant therapy indicate that a combination of treatment—surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, adjuvantendocrinetherapy—is highly effective, but circumstances differ in individual cases.
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The precise identification of a subgroup within this cohort that would benefit from less-toxic endocrine therapies would be a significant benefit to breast cancer patients.
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It is therefore clear that prolonged survival is achievable in the era of new endocrine therapies and taxanebased chemotherapy (both of which our patient received).
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However, "de novo" resistance toendocrinetherapyundermines the efficacy of using competitive inhibitors like tamoxifen.
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Understanding how endocrine therapies, such as tamoxifen, work and what happens when they ultimately fail has also focused on discrete promoter regions of putative gene targets.
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