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Formestane
A steroidal aromatase inhibitor, an analogue of androstenedione, that irreversibly blocks oestrogen production; marketed from 1994 as an intramuscular injection for hormone-sensitive breast cancer after the menopause. This family brings together the active ingredient.
Did you know?It grew out of the work of researcher Angela Brodie: in 1982 it was first tested on 11 patients at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, with striking results in four of them.
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