aromatase inhibitors
Anti-estrogen cancer drugs
Aromatase inhibitors are drugs that block the enzyme aromatase, which converts androgens into estrogen.
They're primarily used to treat hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women by reducing estrogen levels that fuel tumor growth: She was prescribed an aromatase inhibitor after her mastectomy.
Common examples include anastrozole and letrozole.
- breast cancerMalignant growth in mammary glands
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy
- postmenopausalAfter menstruation ends permanently
- ovarian cancerMalignancy of egg-producing glands
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
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- cancer drugsmethotrexate, chemotherapy, chemo, tamoxifen, taxol
- cancer treatmentschemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy
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- hormone blockerstamoxifen, hormone blocker, mifepristone
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aromatase inhibitorsestrogen
Female reproductive hormone
estradiol · hormone replacement therapy · Premarin · tamoxifen · phytoestrogens