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In which situations are you comfortable with alternative dosing of ovarian suppression (e.g Lupron q3m) for premenopausal patients during adjuvant breast cancer treatment?

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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

My first option, when feasible/practical is to use every 4-week formulation of GNRH analog ovarian suppression treatment for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. When that frequency of treatment presents a hardship, I generally feel comfortable with using ovarian suppression using depot GNRH ana...

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Medical Oncology · Avita Health System

There is additional data supporting Q3month Goserelin (Wu et al., ESMO Open 2023). In this ESMO study, the E2 suppression rate was 98.96% in patients who received goserelin at 10.8 mg every 3 months compared with 92.71% in those who received a 3.6 mg dose every month (risk difference, 0.065; 95% CI,...

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