Breast cancer and timing of surgery during menstrual cycle: A 5-year analysis of 248 premenopausal women

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-266

  Milella, Michelc ^a   Nisticò, Cecilia ^a   Ferraresi, Virginia ^a   Vaccaro, Angela ^a   Fabi, Alessandra ^a   D'Ottavio, Anna Maria ^a   Botti, Claudio ^a   Giannarelli, Diana ^a   Lopez, Massimo ^a   Cortesi, Enrico ^b   Foggi, Carlo Maria ^c   Antimi, Mauro ^d   Terzoli, Edmondo ^a   Cognetti, Francesco ^a   Papaldo, Paola ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Menstrual cycle phase; Premenopausal; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LONIDAMINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032862329     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006276120841     Document Type: Article

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