In premenopausal women with breast cancer, goserelin alone reduced bone mineral density by 5% after 2 years (P <.001).
In plain wordsIn premenopausal women with breast cancer, bone density fell by 5% after 2 years of goserelin alone.
- Peptide
- Goserelin
- Outcome
- DecreaseTotal-body bone mineral density
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 2 yearsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Mean bone mineral density change
- −5%
- goserelin alone at 2 years
Source sentences
After 2 years of treatment, there was a significant loss of bone mineral density (mean change, -5%; P <.001) in the women receiving goserelin alone.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We recruited 89 women from two centers in Stockholm participating in a randomized multicenter trial of three different endocrine approaches in the adjuvant setting (Zoladex in Premenopausal Patients Trial).
The women were assigned to receive the LHRH agonist goserelin with or without tamoxifen, tamoxifen alone, or no endocrine therapy.