Landmark trials in endocrine adjuvant therapy for breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 975-981

  Gradishar, William ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Breast carcinoma; Clinical trials; Endocrine adjuvant therapy; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXEMESTANE; LETROZOLE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRALGIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MUSCLE CRAMP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33644557137     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21707     Document Type: Review

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