Menstrual phase and breast cancer surgery: Influence on clinical outcome or pitfall of statistical analysis?

Cancer Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Tempfer, C ^a   Haeusler, G ^a   Heinzl, H ^a   Kolb, R ^b   Hanzal, E ^a   Kainz, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Evangelisches Krankenhaus Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Menstrual cycle; Multiple testing problem; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030596164     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04474-6     Document Type: Article

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