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Reduced mammographic density with use of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist-based chemoprevention regimen in BRCA1 carriers.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jan 2007
Weitzel Jeffrey N, Buys Saundra S, Sherman William H, Daniels AnnaMarie, Ursin Giske, Daniels John R, MacDonald Deborah J, Blazer Kathleen R, Pike Malcolm C, Spicer Darcy V
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PURPOSE: Women with a BRCA1 mutation (BRCA1(mut)) need risk reduction options beyond mastectomy and oophorectomy. We evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of hormonal chemoprevention with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHA) with low-dose add-back steroids in BRCA1(mut) carriers. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: The 12-month open label clinical trial used the GnRHA deslorelin, ultra-low-dose estradiol...
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