However, in this trial there was a nonsignificant trend for receptor-positive women to benefit from tamoxifen and for receptor-negative women to do more poorly if given tamoxifen, in terms of both DFS and OS.
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Endocrinology and hormone therapy in breast cancer: endocrine therapy in premenopausal women.
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In the former trials large and highly significant positive effects of OA persisted at 15 years in terms of recurrence (59.0% versus 45.6%; difference = 13.4%, standard error [SE] = 3.2), breast cancer deaths (59.4 versus 49.1%; difference = 10.3%, SE = 3.1), and all deaths (56.7% versus 46.3%; difference = 10.4%, SE = 3.1).
In this group of women in the overview, there was a marginally significant improvement in DFS and a trend toward improvement in OS but, because of the relatively small numbers of women studied, the effects in this subgroup are less certain.