Correlation of menstrual cycle at time of breast cancer surgery to disease-free and overall survival

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 780-788

  Vanek, Vincent W ^a,b   Kadivar, Ted F ^a   Bourguet, Claire C ^a  

^a St Elizabeth Health Center ^*

^b ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030843772     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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