anastrozole is an effective drug for treating DCIS

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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-12-drug-treatme...

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/P...(15)01129-0/abstract

"Lead author Professor Jack Cuzick from QMUL said: "We found that anastrozole and tamoxifen had similar overall efficacies, with slightly better outcomes for those who took anastrozole. But more importantly, because of their very different side-effects, anastrozole can be offered as an alternative for patients who may not tolerate tamoxifen as well or have previous illnesses making tamoxifen unsuitable.

"Now we know that anastrozole is effective for treating hormone sensitive ductal carcinoma in situ, women will have a greater choice of treatments to suit their own previous medical histories and tolerability of medications.""