Abstract:Adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) is a critical problem in the treatment of hormone receptorpositive (HR+) breast cancer (BC). More than half of women discontinue AET prior to the end of the recommended 5-year course of therapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of engaging women in research who prematurely discontinued AET and to describe their experiences with AET to inform future interventions.
MethodsA mixed-methods pilot study was nested within a larger observational tria… Show more
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