In the study, although the level of information did not affect the quality of life, satisfaction with the information was associated with a better quality of life. The finding stresses the importance of a sensible disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis.

This combination proved to be feasible and tolerable. The overall response rate does not appear to be superior to those with other standard treatments, but it should be pointed out that our patient population was totally unselected.

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In summary, our data show that, although the toxicity of tamoxifen is superimposable in the two settings, a larger proportion of women treated as chemoprevention discontinue treatment spontaneously. Due to the double-blind nature of the chemoprevention study, the impact of the toxicity of tamoxifen upon compliance in the chemopreventive setting cannot be ascertained.

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