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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 22, 1723,
November 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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RESPONSE Re: The Influence of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Surgical Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer: Have We Made Any Progress Over the Past 13 Years?
Correspondence to: Gabriel Hortobagyi, M.D., F.A.C.P., Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Box 424, Houston, TX 77030 (e-mail: ghortoba@mdanderson.org).
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I appreciate Dr. Loves clarifications to their recent publication in the Journal (1). However, as shown in Fig. 1 of their paper, the authors used the information from 565 of the 709 patients registered in the trial (79%). The other 21% did not fulfill the