Should women be advised against pregnancy after breast-cancer treatment?

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9074, 1997, Pages 319-322

  Kroman, Niels ^a,b   Jensen, Maj Britt ^b   Melbye, Mads ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Mouridsen, Henning T ^b  

^a S   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030877102     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)03052-3     Document Type: Article

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