Timing of breast cancer surgery in relation to menstrual cycle phase: No effect on 3-year prognosis: The ITS Study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Thorpe, H ^a   Brown, S R ^a   Sainsbury, J R ^b   Perren, T J ^c   Hiley, V ^a   Dowsett, M ^d   Nejim, A ^e   Brown, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Menstrual cycle phase; Prospective study; Survival; Timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049045222     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604120     Document Type: Article

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