Adjuvant therapy of breast cancer has evolved over the past 15 years from an interesting clinical experiment to the standard of care for many patients. The toxicities of different treatments vary from those with minimal side effects, such as tamoxifen, to those with potentially lifethreatening side
The use of prognostic factors in clinical trials
โ Scribed by Harland N. Sather
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 735 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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