CW May 2005

category image Volume 14
Issue Number 5
May 2005
ISSN 10593802

Intravenous Bisphosphonate Reduces Bone Loss Associated with Early Breast Cancer Treatment

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) such as letrozole are effective therapies for post-menopausal women with breast cancer. However, their use has been associated with increased bone resorption markers and bone loss at the lumbar spine and total spine. A new study shows that upfront zolendronic acid in combination with letrozole offers the potential to combine the anti-cancer effect of letrozole with the bone protective effect of zolendronic acid.
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A. Brufsky, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Report from the 41st annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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