Breast cancer in women with recent exposure to fertility medications is associated with poor prognostic features

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1031-1038

  Siegelmann Danieli, Nava ^a   Tamir, Ada ^b   Zohar, Hanna ^c   Papa, Moshe Z ^c   Chetver, Lika L ^c   Gallimidi, Zehava ^c   Stein, Moshe E ^c   Kuten, Abraham ^c  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clomiphene citrate; Fertility; Human menopausal gonadotropins

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542436086     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.03.068     Document Type: Article

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