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Lead
University Medical Center Groningen
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Metastatic breast cancer, with at least one known metastasis outside of the liver
2. Presence of a lesion that is safely accessible for tumor biopsy (may be liver lesion)
3. Postmenopausal status defined as one of the following:
* age ≥60 years
* previous bilateral oophorectomy
* age \<60 years and amenorrhea for \>12 months in the absence of interfering hormonal therapies (such as LH-RH agonists and ER-antagonists)
* patients age \<60 years using an ER-antagonist should have amenorrhea for \> 12 months and FSH \>24 U/L and LH \>14 U/L e. patient age \<60 years using LH-RH agonists should continue LH-RH-agonists until after the PET procedures
4. Initially ER-positive tumor histology.
5. ECOG performance status 0-2.
6. Signed written informed consent
7. Able to comply with the protocol
You may not be if
1. Use of estrogen receptor ligands, including tamoxifen, fulvestrant or estrogens, or androgen receptor ligands, during the 6 weeks before entry into the study
2. Life-expectancy ≤ 3 months
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