Tamoxifen for one year versus two years versus 6 months of Tamoxifen and 6 months of megestrol acetate: A randomized comparison in postmenopausal patients with high-risk breast cancer (DBCG 89C)

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Andersen, Jørn ^a   Kamby, Claus ^b   Ejlertsen, Bent ^c   Cold, Søren ^d   Ewertz, Marianne ^e   Jacobsen, Erik H ^f   Philip, Preben ^g   Møller, Knud A ^h   Jensen, Disa ⁱ   Møller, Susanne ⁱ  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ DBCG Registry   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGESTROL ACETATE; TAMOXIFEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45149123675     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802014882     Document Type: Article

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