Download ACS 2013 health insurance [PDF - <1.0 MB] 1  Percent insured with private health insurance: 64.5 percent. This was not statistically different from 65.2 percent in 2010. 2  Uninsured: 18.7 percent. This was down from 19.9 percent in 2010.
This medication is used to treat certain types of breast cancer (such as hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer) in women after menopause. Letrozole is also used to help prevent the cancer from returning. Some breast cancers are made to grow faster by a natural hormone called estrogen. Letrozole decreases the amount of estrogen the body makes and helps to slow or reverse the growth of these breast cancers.
Oral palbociclib 125 mg was given once daily for three weeks followed by one week off treatment in a 28-day cycle along with the standard dose of oral letrozole 2.5 mg once daily. Treatment continued until disease progression.