[Management of advanced breast cancer in post-menopausal women. A comparative trial of hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and a combination of both].

A randomized trial was done in 98 post-menopausal women with breast cancer. Hormonal receptors had not been assayed in any patient. Patients were given hormonal therapy with tamoxifen and drostanolone propionate (n = 34), or chemotherapy with the CMF protocol (n = 30), or a combination of both (n = 34).