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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 2/2008

01.05.2008 | Poster presentation

Adherence to hormone therapy in a chemoprevention randomised trial

verfasst von: L Atkins, V Jenkins, L Fallowfield, A Howell

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Sonderheft 2/2008

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Nonadherence to oral medication exists amongst women with breast cancer [1] and those participating in randomised clinical trials [2]. There is also evidence to suggest that nonadherence is more prevalent in chemoprevention trials than in adjuvant trials, with between 20% and 46% of patients in chemoprevention trials not adhering to medication [3]. The purpose of this study is to examine adherence amongst a subgroup of women participating in the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study (IBIS II) cognitive subprotocol. IBIS II is a randomised double-blind chemoprevention clinical trial of anastrozole versus placebo in postmenopausal women at high risk of breast cancer. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Adherence to hormone therapy in a chemoprevention randomised trial
verfasst von
L Atkins
V Jenkins
L Fallowfield
A Howell
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2008
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe Sonderheft 2/2008
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr1940

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