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Fulvestrant improves survival over anastrozole for patients with advanced breast cancer

SABCS 2014

9 - 11 Dec 2014

Published: 12 Dec 2014

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Prof John Robertson - Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

At a press conference at SABCS 2014, Prof Robertson discusses the results of the phase II FIRST trial, which compared overall survival with fulvestrant versus anastrozole as first-line treatment for patients with advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer:

Those patients who took fulvestrant lived longer than those who took anastrozole.

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