No effect of scalp cooling on survival among women with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 263-268

  Lemieux, J ^a,b   Provencher, L ^a,b   Perron, L ^b,c   Brisson, J ^a,b,c   Amireault, C ^b   Blanchette, C ^a   Maunsell, E ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Institut National de Santé Publique   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Breast cancer; Scalp cooling; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP COLOLING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84925519451     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-3231-0     Document Type: Article

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