Interest in integrative medicine among postmenopausal hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients receiving letrozole treatment in the EvAluate-TM study
CC Hack, PA Fasching, T Fehm, J de Waal, M Rezai, B Baier, G Baake, HC Kolberg, M Guggenberger, M Warm, N Harbeck, R Wuerstlein, JU Deuker, P Dall, B Richter, G Wachsmann, C Brucker, JW Siebers, N Fersis, T Kuhn, C Wolf, HW Vollert, GP Breitbach, W Janni, R L… · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2016 · Heft 10
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Background: Breast cancer patients make frequent use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), but few prospectively collected data are available specifically for postmenopausal breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant antihormonal therapy. The aim of the study was to identify the characteristics of patients who are interested in integrative medicine (IM). Methods: The EvAluate-TM study is a prospective noninterventional study, in which treatment with letrozole was evaluated in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive primary breast cancer. 5,045 patients were enrolled at 339 certified breast…