Journal article
Continuing outcomes relevant to Evista: Breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal osteoporotic women in a randomized trial of raloxifene
S Martino, JA Cauley, E Barrett-Connor, TJ Powles, J Mershon, D Disch, RJ Secrest, SR Cummings, CA Mautalen, JR Zanchetta, MJ Hooper, KW Ng, RL Prince, G Nicholson, AP Roberts, E Seeman, M Williamson, E Boschitsch, G Leb, JJ Body Show all
Journal of the National Cancer Institute | Published : 2004
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh319
Abstract
Background: The randomized, double-blind Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE) trial found that 4 years of raloxifene therapy decreased the incidence of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis by 72% compared with placebo. We conducted the Continuing Outcomes Relevant to Evista (CORE) trial to examine the effect of 4 additional years of raloxifene therapy on the incidence of invasive breast cancer in women in MORE who agreed to continue in CORE. Methods: Women who had been randomly assigned to receive raloxifene (either 60 or 120 mg/day) in MORE were assigned to receive raloxifene (60 mg/day) in CORE (n = 3510), and women who had been assigned to recei..
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