Pediatricians and parents key to improving quality of children's health care
... percent of pediatric patients receive the inhaled steroidal medications most effective in controlling the disease, she said. "Yet, experts agree that most emergency room visits and hospitalizations for asthma attacks could be avoided if more children were taking the right medications." Dr. Simpson said pedia...Exemestane beats tamoxifen in first phase III head to head trial in advanced breast cancer
...n rely on female hormones to grow. Exemestane is a steroidal aromatase inhibitor (SAI); it permanently inactiva... to be answered in future trials for example, can steroidal and non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors (AIs) safely be combined with chemotherapy; what effect does ...Leading cancer doctor calls for new guidelines to control early reporting from clinical trials
...s of the announcement last week that exemestane, a steroidal aromatase inhibitor (SAI), was more effective than tamoxifen in preventing cancer returning in women whose breast cancer had been caught early. This trial, led by Professor Charles Coombes of Imperial College London, reported early, although 90 per ...Updated adjuvant data presented at SABCS show 30 percent reduction in recurrence
...Unlike other aromatase inhibitors, exemestane is a steroidal aromatase inactivator, which means it selectively targets and irreversibly binds to the aromatase enzyme, which is required to produce estrogen. Without estrogen, breast cancer cells cannot survive. Exemestane is well tolerated and the side effects ...International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
...Unlike other aromatase inhibitors, exemestane is a steroidal aromatase inactivator, which means it selectively targets and irreversibly binds to the aromatase enzyme, which is required to produce estrogen. Without estrogen, breast cancer cells cannot survive. Exemestane is well tolerated and the side effects...