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Yeon Hee Park, MD, on Metastatic Breast Cancer: Palbociclib, Exemestane, and GnRH Agonist

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Yeon Hee Park, MD, of the Samsung Medical Center, discusses phase II study findings that showed exemestane plus palbociclib with ovarian suppression improved progression-free survival compared with capecitabine in premenopausal estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer (Abstract 1007).



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