Understanding and management of male breast cancer: A critical review

Medical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-298

  Pant, Kartikeya ^a   Dutta, Udayan ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Male breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE BREAST CANCER; MASTECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 58149268434     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-007-9034-y     Document Type: Review

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