Patterns of care in hormone-receptor positive, advanced breast cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• - Histological or cytological diagnosis of breast cancer
• - Postmenopausal status at the time of enrolment, according to the following definitions:
• *History of bilateral oophorectomy at any age
• *Proven hormonal menopause
• - Positive estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR) by immuno
• - Failure of one previous endocrine therapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting
• - Use of no more than one previous chemotherapy regimen in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting
• - Indication to receive chemotherapy or endocrine therapy