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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(22):1720; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.22.1720
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 22, 1720, November 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Re: Mastectomy and Oophorectomy by Menstrual Cycle Phase in Women With Operable Breast Cancer

Gianluigi Ferretti, Serena Di Cosimo, Paolo Carlini, Paola Papaldo, Alessandra Fabi, Francesco Cognetti

G. Ferretti, S. Di Cosimo, P. Carlini, P. Papaldo, A. Fabi, F. Cognetti, Division of Medical Oncology A, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.

Correspondence to: Gianluigi Ferretti, M.D., Divisione Oncologia Medica A, Polo Oncologico Regina Elena, Via Elio Chianesi 53, 00128 Rome, Italy (e-mail: gia.fer@flashnet.it).

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According to Love et al. (1), premenopausal women with breast cancer had better disease-free and overall survival when they received mastectomy and oophorectomy with adjuvant tamoxifen therapy during the luteal phase rather than during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, regardless of hormone receptor status. Commenting on these data in his editorial, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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