Lunar phases and survival of breast cancer patients - A statistical analysis of 3,757 cases

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-135

  Peters Engl, Christian ^a   Frank, Wilhelm ^b   Kerschbaum, Franz ^b   Denison, Ursula ^a   Medl, Michael ^c   Sevelda, Paul ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lunar phases; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOON; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035212416     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012907308443     Document Type: Article

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