Adjuvant chemotherapy for premenopausal breast cancer: a meta-analysis using quality-adjusted survival.

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Published in Cancer J Sci Am on September 25, 2006

Authors

R D Gelber1, B F Cole, A Goldhirsch, G Bonadonna, A Howell, C S McArdle, H T Mouridsen, R D Rubens, K Welvaart

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1: Division of Biostatistics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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