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INHIBITEUR AROMATASE [4 records]

Record 1 2019-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

Sequential treatment with an alternate endocrine therapy remains an option for patients with advanced disease (except when rapid symptom control or reduction in tumor burden is needed) but demonstrates limited efficacy, especially in patients previously treated with nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors (NSAI) ...

Key term(s)
  • non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Inhibiteurs non stéroïdiens de l’aromatase. Chez la femme ménopausée, ils permettent la suppression de la transformation des androgènes circulants en œstrogènes au niveau des tissus périphériques et du tissu tumoral lui-même.

Key term(s)
  • antiaromatase non-stéroïdien

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

[A drug that interferes] with the body's ability to produce estrogen from androgens by suppressing aromatase enzyme activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Les inhibiteurs de l’aromatase sont des traitements efficaces des cancers du sein hormono-dépendants chez la femme ménopausée. Ils agissent en réduisant la conversion des androgènes circulants en estrogènes dans les tissus périphériques.

Key term(s)
  • antiaromatase

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

Patient is not resistant ... to prior (neo)adjuvant nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor therapy ...

Key term(s)
  • (neo)adjuvant non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor therapy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
Key term(s)
  • traitement (néo)adjuvant par antiaromatase non-stéroïdien

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
OBS

A highly selective, nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor capable of maximal estrogen depletion with fewer side effects than other hormonal therapies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
OBS

Inhibiteur de l'aromatase non stéroïdien puissant et sélectif [qui] abaisse notablement les concentrations sériques d’estradiol [...]

Spanish

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