Switching to an aromatase inhibitor provides mortality benefit in early breast carcinoma: Pooled analysis of 2 consecutive trials

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1060-1067

  Boccardo, Francesco ^a,j   Rubagotti, Alessandra ^a   Aldrighetti, Daniela ^b   Buzzi, Franco ^c   Cruciani, Giorgio ^d   Farris, Antonio ^e   Mustacchi, Giorgio ^f   Porpiglia, Mauro ^g   Schieppati, Giorgio ^h   Sismondi, Piero ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h General Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j NONE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitors; Early breast cancer; Mortality; Switching

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846975537     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22513     Document Type: Article

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