## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Few studies have compared primary neoadjuvant endocrine therapy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. The need for preoperative chemotherapy with doxorubicin or taxanes may be reduced in postmenopausal patients with estrogen receptor (ER)βpositive and/
Recovery of menstruation after long-term chemotherapy and endocrine therapy in pre-menopausal patients with breast cancer
β Scribed by Kenichi Sakurai; Katsuhisa Enomoto; Sadao Amano
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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