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Would you consider exemestane (instead of fulvestrant) in post-menopausal patients with hormone receptor pos, HER2- breast cancer who progress on letrozole or anastrozole?

There is limited data that suggests steroidal AI exemestane could be of some benefit after nonsteroidal AI failure (Lonning PE et al. J Clin Oncol 2000; 18:2234-2244.)
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Medical Oncology · Margie Petersen Breast Cancer Center
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Generally would not. I usually do Fulvestrant +/- CDK inhibitor if not received in the first line setting, as second line and reserve exemestane to afterwards combined with everolimus. If a patient has minimal disease progression on letrozole/anastrozole and really does not want a monthly injection, then that would be a scenario for which I would consider exemestane. Otherwise, I consider exemestane to be too similar to letrozole/anastrozole and not one likely to provide a response alone when th...

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