作者: Julie Lemieux , Michael D. Brundage , Wendy R. Parulekar , Paul E. Goss , James N. Ingle
关键词: Adjuvant therapy 、 Aromatase inhibitor 、 Placebo 、 Letrozole 、 Internal medicine 、 Breast cancer 、 Cancer 、 Medicine 、 Randomized controlled trial 、 Quality of life
摘要: PurposeMA.17R was a Canadian Cancer Trials Group–led phase III randomized controlled trial comparing letrozole to placebo after 5 years of aromatase inhibitor as adjuvant therapy for hormone receptor–positive breast cancer. Quality life (QOL) secondary outcome measure the study, and here, we report results these analyses.MethodsQOL measured using Short Form-36 (SF-36; two summary scores eight domains) menopause-specific QOL (MENQOL; four symptom at baseline every 12 months up 60 months. assessment mandatory Group centers but optional in other groups. Mean change from were calculated.ResultsOne thousand nine hundred eighteen women randomly assigned, 1,428 completed assessment. Compliance with measures > 85%. Baseline SF-36 physical component (47.5 47.9 placebo) mental (55.5 let...