Chemoprevention of breast cancer with fenretinide (4-HPR): Study of long-term visual and ophthalmologic tolerability

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Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 444-449

  Mariani, Luigi ^a,d   Formelli, Franca ^a   De Palo, Giuseppe ^a   Manzari, Antonia ^a   Camerini, Tiziana ^a   Campa, Tiziana ^a   Di Mauro, Maria Gaetana ^a   Crippa, Arnaldo ^b   Delle Grottaglie, Maurizio ^b   Del Vecchio, Marcella ^a   Marubini, Ettore ^a   Costa, Alberto ^c   Veronesi, Umberto ^c  

^a Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast neoplasm; drug tolerance; fenretinide; prevention

Indexed keywords

FENRETINIDE; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 12644304208     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200506     Document Type: Article

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