Erratum: Letrozole in advanced breast cancer: The PO25 trial (Breast Cancer Research and Treatment DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9527-6);Letrozole in advanced breast cancer: The PO25 trial

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 105, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 19-29

  Mouridsen, Henning T ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced breast cancer; Aromatase inhibitors; Letrozole; Postmenopausal; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANASTROZOLE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LETROZOLE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRACTURE; HAIR THINNING; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34948836781     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9570-3     Document Type: Erratum

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