An Epidemiological Prospective Cohort Study to Describe Treatment Patterns of Fulvestrant And ExemeSTane in Postmenopausal Patients With Advanced HR+ Breast Cancer Under Real-life Conditions in GERmany
Inclusion Criteria:
- Signed written informed consent
- Female postmenopausal patient (or patient post-ovarectomy) and age ≥18 years
Postmenopause ist defined as
- Age ≥ 60 years and natural menopause with menses > 1year ago or
- FSH and E2 levels in the postmenopausal range or
- Patients who had bilateral ovariectomy (NCCN V.I. 2009)
- Histologically confirmed ER+ locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
- Not eligible for curative therapy
- Prior treatment with tamoxifen
- Suitable to undergo endocrine treatment for ER+ ABC with SERD / sAI
- Patient is able to read and understand German
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known hypersensitivity to Faslodex or Exemestan or any compounds of the drugs
- Prior treatment with Faslodex 500 mg or Faslodex 250 mg*
- for patients who receive treatment with Faslodex 500 mg within this
observational study. Patients who are included in the exemestane arm may have
received prior Faslodex treatment.
- Prior treatment with Exemestan for patients who receive treatment with Exemestan
within this observational study
- Acutely life threatening disease
- Treatment with Faslodex 250 mg/month (previously approved dose)
- Prior palliative chemotherapy