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CYP11A1 expression in bone is associated with aromatase inhibitor-related bone loss.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Aug 2015
Rodríguez-Sanz M, García-Giralt N, Prieto-Alhambra D, Servitja S, Balcells S, Pecorelli R, Díez-Pérez A, Grinberg D, Tusquets I, Nogués X
Abstract excerpt
Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) used as adjuvant therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer cause diverse musculoskeletal side effects that include bone loss and its associated fracture. About half of the 391 patients treated with AIs in the Barcelona-Aromatase induced bone loss in early breast cancer cohort suffered a significant bone loss at lumbar spine (LS) and/or femoral neck...
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