recurrence of breast cancer

What is the percentage of recurrence of breast cancer taking Arimidex?

[zouzi]

Hi,
I found this information for you.I am also taking Arimidex and of course I am very interested in knowing more about this medication.My breast surgeon told me also that by taking Arimidex reduces the development of new breast cancers by 50 per cent.
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Arimidex most effective in breast cancer study.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After approximately 8 years, postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive breast cancer who received (Arimidex), generically known as anastrazole, had a lower risk of recurrence than women taking tamoxifen, investigators reported at the annual meeting of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
After an average of 68 months, women on Arimidex had a 15-percent greater disease-free survival and a 25-percent longer time to disease recurrence than women on tamoxifen. The time it took for the cancer to spread to distant regions of the body was approximately 16-percent longer and the development of new cancers was reduced by more than 50 percent with Arimidex.
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I have added the link below so you can read the complete article about Arimidex study.

www.reuters.com/article/idUSTON78545620071218

[cristy1973]

thank you for your comments and article. I will keep you posted if I get any info.