© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 22, 1721-1722,
November 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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RESPONSE Re: Mastectomy and Oophorectomy by Menstrual Cycle Phase in Women With Operable Breast Cancer
Correspondence to: Richard R. Love, M.D., M.S., Medical Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, 610 Walnut St., 256 WARF, Madison, WI 53705 (e-mail: rrlove@facstaff.wisc.edu).
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Like our reported analysis (1), the analysis reported by Milella et al. is exploratory. The similar levels of benefit seen in the estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative luteal phase operated subsets [see Fig. 4 in (2)] are not inconsistent with the overall results [see