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What Is Letrozole Used For?
Femara (chemical name: letrozole) is an aromatase inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat:
- post-menopausal women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive, early-stage breast cancer right after surgery (or possibly chemotherapy and radiation) to reduce the risk of the cancer coming back
- post-menopausal women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer who have taken 5 years of tamoxifen to reduce the risk of the cancer coming back
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Femara
Source: Breastcancer.org
Brand name: Femara Chemical name: Letrozole Class: Aromatase inhibitor hormonal therapy. Aromasin and Arimidex are other aromatase inhibitors. How it... Read more »
Femara beats Tamoxifen for older breast cancer patients
A new study has found that letrozole (Femara) increases survival more than tamoxifen for postmenopausal women who have undergone surgery. In the... Read more »
Femara Oral Uses and How to Use
Source: First DataBank
Generic Name: LETROZOLE - ORAL Pronounced: (LET-tro-zole) Uses This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as... Read more »
Tykerb
Source: Breastcancer.org
Tykerb (chemical name: lapatinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): to be given in combination with Xeloda (chemical... Read more »
Systemic (or Whole-body) Treatments
Source: Breastcancer.org
Standard systemic (whole-body) treatments include hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy (for example, Herceptin (chemical name:... Read more »
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