@article{44877615fd2c4dee83f688b577dd7344,
title = "Assessment of letrozole and tamoxifen alone and in sequence for postmenopausal women with steroid hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: the BIG 1-98 randomised clinical trial at 8·1 years median follow-up",
abstract = "Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer have persistent, long-term risk of breast-cancer recurrence and death. Therefore, trials assessing endocrine therapies for this patient population need extended follow-up. We present an update of efficacy outcomes in the Breast International Group (BIG) 1-98 study at 8·1 years median follow-up.",
keywords = "Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Aromatase Inhibitors, Australia, Breast Neoplasms, Cross-Over Studies, Disease-Free Survival, Double-Blind Method, Europe, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasms, Second Primary, New Zealand, Nitriles, North America, Postmenopause, Proportional Hazards Models, Receptors, Steroid, Risk Factors, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators, South Africa, South America, Tamoxifen, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Triazoles, Tumor Markers, Biological",
author = "Regan, {Meredith M} and Patrick Neven and Anita Giobbie-Hurder and Aron Goldhirsch and Bent Ejlertsen and Louis Mauriac and Forbes, {John F} and Ian Smith and Istv{\'a}n L{\'a}ng and Andrew Wardley and Manuela Rabaglio and Price, {Karen N} and Gelber, {Richard D} and Coates, {Alan S} and Beat Th{\"u}rlimann and {BIG 1-98 Collaborative Group}",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70270-4",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "1101--8",
journal = "Lancet Oncology",
issn = "1470-2045",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "12",
}