was the basis for the 2014 pebc guideline on systemic therapy for early breast cancer. The review of the evidence for systemic endocrine therapy (adjuvant tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, and ovarian ablation and suppression) is presented here; the evidence for chemotherapy and her2-targeted treatment-and the final clinical practice recommendations-are presented separately in this supplement.
KEY WORDSEarly breast cancer, hormonal therapy, endocrine therapy, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors, ovarian ablation, ovarian suppression