Prospective evaluation of vitamin E for hot flashes in breast cancer survivors

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 495-500

  Barton, Debra L ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Quella, Susan K ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Veeder, Michael H ^a   Egner, James R ^a   Fidler, Pat ^a   Stella, Philip J ^a   Swan, Debra K ^a   Vaught, Nancy L ^a   Novotny, Paul ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031917063     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.2.495     Document Type: Article

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