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The steroidal aromatase inhibitor exemestane prevents bone loss in ovariectomized rats.

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The positive results of EXE on bone and lipid metabolism in the OVX rat model merit further investigation of the effects of exemestane in postmenopausal women.
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This article is published in Bone.The article was published on 2004-03-01. It has received 115 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ovariectomized rat & Bone mineral.

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Effects of Exemestane Administered for 2 Years Versus Placebo on Bone Mineral Density, Bone Biomarkers, and Plasma Lipids in Patients With Surgically Resected Early Breast Cancer

TL;DR: Exemestane modestly enhanced bone loss from the femoral neck without significant influence on lumbar bone loss, and no major effects on serum lipids, coagulation factors, or homocysteine were recorded.
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Cancer treatment-induced bone loss in breast and prostate cancer.

TL;DR: Adjuvant endocrine therapy with an AI or androgen deprivation can be considered a risk factor for the development of osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fracture, which can be mitigated by appropriate bisphosphonate therapy.
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Bone histomorphometry: Standardization of nomenclature, symbols, and units: Report of the asbmr histomorphometry nomenclature committee

TL;DR: A committee of the Society to develop a unified system of termnology, suitable for adoption by the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research as part of its Instructions to Authors is formed, and is as complex and conceptually difficult as the field with which it deals.
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Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomised trials

TL;DR: The absolute improvement in recurrence was greater during the first 5 years, whereas the improvement in survival grew steadily larger throughout the first 10 years, and these benefits appeared to be largely irrespective of age, menopausal status, daily tamoxifen dose, and of whether chemotherapy had been given to both groups.
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Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials. Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group

Anthony Howell
- 16 May 1998 - 
TL;DR: There have been many randomised trials of adjuvant tamoxifen among women with early breast cancer, and an updated overview of their results is presented in this paper, which approximately doubles the amount of evidence from trials of about 5 years of tamoxifier and, taking all trials together, on events occurring more than 5 years after randomisation.
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Polychemotherapy for early breast cancer: an overview of the randomised trials. Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group.

C. Focan, +226 more
- 18 Sep 1998 - 
TL;DR: The age-specific benefits of polychemotherapy appeared to be largely irrespective of menopausal status at presentation, oestrogen receptor status of the primary tumour, and of whether adjuvant tamoxifen had been given.
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