A meta-analysis on the interaction between HER-2 expression and response to endocrine treatment in advanced breast cancer

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4741-4748

  De Laurentiis, Michele ^a   Arpino, Grazia ^a,c   Massarelli, Erminia ^a,d   Ruggiero, Angela ^e   Carlomagno, Chiara ^a   Ciardiello, Fortunato ^b   Tortora, Giampaolo ^a   D'Agostino, Diego ^a   Caputo, Francesca ^a   Cancello, Giuseppe ^a   Montagna, Emilia ^a   Malorni, Luca ^a   Zinno, Luigia ^a   Lauria, Rossella ^a   Bianco, Angelo Raffaele ^a   De Placido, Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; DROLOXIFENE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FADROZOLE; FULVESTRANT; GOSERELIN; LETROZOLE; MEGESTROL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; EMBASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644597480     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-2569     Document Type: Article

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