Abstract:Background: Clinical guidelines have recommended breast cancer patients with certain characteristics to extend their therapy after 5-year adjuvant hormone therapy. However, no study thus far has described the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of extending adjuvant hormone therapy in the real world. Methods: We identified 2,937 breast cancer patients who completed 5-year adjuvant hormone therapy during 2010-2019 in Stockholm, Sweden, by linking the Quality Register for Breast Cancer, Prescribed Drug Register… Show more
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