Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancer induces apoptosis

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Shao, Zhi Ming ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Han, Qi Xia ^a   Shen, Zhen Zhou ^a   Fontana, Joseph A ^b   Barsky, Sanford H ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Neo adjuvant chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032925171     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006194921139     Document Type: Article

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