Phase III study comparing exemestane with tamoxifen as first-line hormonal treatment of metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women: the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Breast Cancer Cooperative Group.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on September 15, 2008

Authors

Robert J Paridaens1, Luc Y Dirix, Louk V Beex, Marianne Nooij, David A Cameron, Tanja Cufer, Martine J Piccart, Jan Bogaerts, Patrick Therasse

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. robert.paridaens@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

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