In a post menopausal woman with ER positive breast cancer most appropriate drug would be -
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Aromatase inhibitor Adjuvant hormone therapy (tamoxifen) is added to all those with estrogen receptor positive.o The use of chemotherapy in post-menopausal women is controversial.# In post menopausal women, chemotherapy is frequently used upto age 70 yrs, if she can tolerate it.# In older women, chemotherapy is performed less frequently.o In estrogen positive tumors, in postmenopausal women, antiestrogen (aromatase inhibitors) therapy is the preferred form of adjuvant systemic treatment.
Aromatase inhibitor
Tamoxifen
Herceptin
Flutamide
Breast Cancer - Treatments