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How do you decide on the duration of endocrine therapy for premenopausal women who receive chemotherapy and AI/ovarian suppression according to TEXT/SOFT?

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Medical Oncology · Cleveland Clinic Florida
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Women who have a higher than average risk of recurrence (those who receive chemotherapy, younger than 35 Years, stages II or III ....) derive the most benefit from endocrine therapy +ovarian suppression (using monthly GNRH agonists) for 5 years based on TEXT and SOFT in DFS. The joint analysis of SO...

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Medical Oncology · IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Hospital – University of Genova
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The SOFT and TEXT trials have provided clear evidence on managing endocrine therapy in the first 5 years; based on these findings, we can consider 5 years as the optimal duration of ovarian function suppression when this treatment is needed. Considering the lack of efficacy and particularly of safet...

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Medical Oncology · Ohio State University
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This is a good question. The duration of anti estrogen therapy was not addressed by SOFT/TEXT trials. The recent data presented at SABCS showed the benefit of ovarian suppression in premenopausal women with high risk disease. The ABCsG-16 data presented at SABCS was in postmenopausal women and this ...

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