A prospective, multicenter, controlled, observational study to evaluate the efficacy of a patient support program in improving patients' persistence to adjuvant aromatase inhibitor medication for postmenopausal, early stage breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 307-313

  Yu, Ke Da ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Liu, Guang Yu ^a   Li, Bin ^a   He, Ping Qing ^b   Zhang, Hong Wei ^c   Lou, Li Hua ^d   Wang, Xiao Jia ^e   Wang, Shui ^f   Tang, Jin Hai ^g   Liu, Yin Hua ^h   Wang, Xiang ⁱ   Jiang, Ze Fei ^j   Ma, Li Wen ^k   Gu, Lin ^l   Cao, Ming Zhi ^m   Zhang, Qing Yuan ⁿ   Wang, Shen Ming ^o   Su, Feng Xi ^o   Zheng, Hong ^p   Li, Hong Yuan ^q   Tang, Li Li ^r   Sun, Sheng Rong ^s   Liu, Jin Ping ^t   Shao, Zhi Ming ^a   Shen, Zhen Zhou ^a   more..

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b Shanghai 6th Hospital   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Zhejiang Province Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^f People's Hospital of Jiangsu   (China)

^g JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^j Beijing 307 Hospital   (China)

^k PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^l TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^s RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; Breast cancer; Compliance; Patient support program

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; LETROZOLE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; NITRILES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84863986776     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2059-8     Document Type: Article

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