A decade of letrozole: FACE (Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2008) 105, SUPPL. 1, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9702-9);A decade of letrozole: FACE

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 105, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 67-74

  O'Shaughnessy, Joyce ^a  

^a TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastrozole; Aromatase inhibitors; Breast cancer; Femara; Letrozole; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANASTROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; EXEMESTANE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LETROZOLE; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METASTASIS; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34948817196     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9851-x     Document Type: Erratum

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