Long term adjuvant endocrine therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease in female breast cancer survivors: Systematic review
BMJ Nov 02, 2018
Matthews A, et al. - In women with a history of non-metastatic breast cancer, researchers studied the impact of endocrine therapies on a wide range of clinical cardiovascular disease outcomes. The results from this systematic review suggest that, in tamoxifen users vs both non-users and aromatase inhibitor users, there is an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. Data also indicated a higher risk of vascular diseases, myocardial infarction, and angina in aromatase inhibitor users vs tamoxifen users, which might be driven by a protective effect of tamoxifen.
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