Questionnaire survey of treatment choice for breast cancer patients with brain metastasis in Japan: results of a nationwide survey by the task force of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society.

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Published in Jpn J Clin Oncol on November 12, 2008

Authors

Koji Matsumoto1, Masashi Ando, Chikako Yamauchi, Chiyomi Egawa, Yasushi Hamamoto, Masaaki Kataoka, Takashi Shuto, Kumiko Karasawa, Masafumi Kurosumi, Norimichi Kan, Michihide Mitsumori

Author Affiliations

1: Hyogo Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan. kojmatsu@hp.pref.hyogo.jp

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