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- Title
Early discontinuation and nonadherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy in a cohort of 8,769 early-stage breast cancer patients.
- Authors
Hershman, Dawn L; Kushi, Lawrence H; Shao, Theresa; Buono, Donna; Kershenbaum, Aaron; Tsai, Wei-Yann; Fehrenbacher, Louis; Gomez, Scarlett Lin; Miles, Sunita; Neugut, Alfred I
- Abstract
While studies have found that adjuvant hormonal therapy for hormone-sensitive breast cancer (BC) dramatically reduces recurrence and mortality, adherence to medications is suboptimal. We investigated the rates and predictors of early discontinuation and nonadherence to hormonal therapy in patients enrolled in Kaiser Permanente of Northern California health system.
- Publication
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2010, Vol 28, Issue 27, p4120
- ISSN
1527-7755
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1200/JCO.2009.25.9655