Thromboembolism (TE) and adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) in hormone receptor positive (HR+) early breast cancer (EBC): Did the evolution of treatment change the incidence of the adverse event? A metanalysis.

e12516 Background: The AET of HR+ EBC has been changing in the recent years. Aromatase inhibitors (AI) as upfront, or in a planned switch strategy after Tamoxifen (T), have been added to the choice of T alone. An increased risk of TE is well known in the T treated patients while AIs have showed a reduced rate of TE. Recently, adding the cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors (CDK4/6) abemaciclib to AIs, has showed a positive impact in the high...