## BACKGROUND. The use of adjuvant tamoxifen to treat postmenopausal breast carcinoma patients as an adjunct to primary surgery is well established. The current study reports the long term results for a low risk stratum in a randomized trial of adjuvant tamoxifen. The main focus of this analysis w
Randomized trial of adjuvant tamoxifen combined with postoperative radiation therapy or adjuvant chemotherapy in postmenopausal breast cancer
✍ Scribed by Lars E. Rutqvist; Björn Cedermark; Ulla Glas; Hemming Johansson; Sam Rotstein; Lambert Skoog; Anders Somell; Tolle Theve; Nils Wilking; Jutta Askergren; Marie-Louise Hjalmar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 721 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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