In women with node-positive early breast cancer, lumbar spine bone density fell by 10.5% with goserelin versus 6.5% with CMF at 2 years (P=0.0005).
In plain wordsIn women with early breast cancer, spine bone density fell more with goserelin than CMF after 2 years.
- Peptide
- Goserelin
- Outcome
- DecreaseLumbar spine bone mineral density at 2 years
- Study
n = 96
- Comparator
- CMF chemotherapy
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 3.6 mg every 28 days · 2 yearsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- −10.5%
- goserelin
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- −6.5%
- CMF
Source sentences
At the end of the 2-year goserelin-treatment period, mean BMD losses for goserelin-treated and CMF-treated patients were -10.5% and -6.5% ( P=0.0005) for lumbar spine and -6.4% and -4.5% ( P=0.04) for femoral neck, respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients ( n=1640) were randomized to goserelin (3.6 mg every 28 days for 2 years) or CMF (sixx28-day cycles) treatment.
In a protocoled sub-study involving 96 patients from eight centers (goserelin: n=53; CMF: n=43), lumbar spine (L2-L4) and femoral neck BMD were assessed by dual X-ray absorptiometry at baseline and then annually for 3 years.