Quality-adjusted survival in a crossover trial of letrozole versus tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1458-1462

  Irish, W ^a   Sherrill, B ^a   Cole, B ^b   Gard, C ^c   Glendenning, G A ^d   Mouridsen, H ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Letrozole; Q TWiST; Quality adjusted survival; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 24044544601     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi275     Document Type: Article

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