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A trial looking at ovarian protection for premenopausal women having chemotherapy for breast cancer (OPTION)

Overview

Cancer types:

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was trying to find out if goserelin (Zoladex) could protect the ovaries, and so prevent early menopause, in women who were having chemotherapy for . Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 26 August 2004

Recruitment end: 31 December 2009

How to join

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Chief investigators

Professor Rob Leonard

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/04/004.

Last reviewed: 29 August 2017

CRUK internal database number: 336

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