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      The role of selective estrogen receptor modulators in the prevention of breast cancer: comparison of the clinical trials.

      The Oncologist
      Adult, Aged, Anticarcinogenic Agents, therapeutic use, Breast Neoplasms, prevention & control, Clinical Trials as Topic, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Raloxifene, Risk Assessment, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators, Tamoxifen

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          The role of estrogen in the development of breast cancer is well recognized, and the use of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) to reduce breast cancer risk continues to be evaluated. Tamoxifen is the only SERM approved for the reduction of breast cancer incidence in women at high risk. This approval was based on results from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial. Although initial results from the Royal Marsden Hospital tamoxifen trial and Italian Tamoxifen Prevention Study did not show a similar overall effect of tamoxifen, recent updates from these two trials and initial results from the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study are consistent with a risk reduction effect of tamoxifen for estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer. Raloxifene, approved for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, is another SERM being evaluated for breast cancer risk reduction. The recently completed Continuing Outcomes Relevant to Evista trial and the Raloxifene Use for The Heart trial, have breast cancer risk reduction as a primary end point. A third, ongoing trial, the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene trial, is evaluating the relative efficacy and adverse event profile of these two agents in a population at high risk. The study populations of these raloxifene breast cancer prevention trials and the four tamoxifen prevention trials are quite diverse in terms of breast cancer risk. Completion of these trials will provide important information about the occurrence of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women and the efficacy of raloxifene for breast cancer risk reduction.

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