Letrozole: What Is Letrozole


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What is letrozole?


Letrozole blocks the use of estrogen by certain types of breast cancer that require estrogen to grow.

Letrozole is used with other medicines to treat breast cancer in women who have reached menopause.

Letrozole may also be used for purposes other than those listed here.

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Last updated: February 27, 2006

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