Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Service Executive.

The Republic of Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has approved letrozole as a treatment option for the extended adjuvant treatment of patients who are postmenopausal women with hormone-dependent-invasive breast cancer who have received prior adjuvant treatment for 5 years.

This is written in the approval document as:

Extended adjuvant treatment of hormone-dependent-invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women who have received prior adjuvant endocrine therapy for 5 years.

Citation

Letrozole Monotherapy, 2020, version number 3, NCCP National SACT Regimen, NCCP, viewed 21/07/2024, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/profinfo/chemoprotocols/breast/371.pdf

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type Biomarker(s) Cancer type Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+) ER positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Letrozole
Sensitivity (+) PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Letrozole
Sensitivity (+) ER positive, PR positive Invasive Breast Carcinoma Letrozole