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Meeting Highlights From the 2011 Breast Cancer Symposium


 

“Most notably, there was a statistically significant interaction between the H/I biomarker and treatment (P = 0.02), indicating that the magnitude of letrozole benefit depends on the expression level of H/I,” he said. “These results suggest that patients with tumors expressing high H/I will benefit from extended endocrine therapy.”

Dr. Sgroi reported receiving research funding from bioTheranostics Inc. The study was supported in part by Novartis, the manufacturer of letrozole.

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