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Letters |17 August 1999

Update in Endocrinology

Janet A. Schlechte, MD

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  • University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA 52242 (Schlechte)
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I agree with Heath and colleagues that the statement about marketing raloxifene for women at risk for breast cancer is a factual error. Raloxifene is indicated for prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at risk for bone loss. The other comments about fracture risk represent new information; the statement in the Update is not an error.
After our Update was submitted, presentations at the European Congress on Osteoporosis (September 1998) and a joint meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the International Bone and Mineral Society (December 1998) reported that raloxifene is effective in...
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Schlechte JA. Update in Endocrinology. Ann Intern Med. 1999;131:309. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-131-4-199908170-00013

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1999;131(4):309.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-4-199908170-00013

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