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Breast Cancer Survival
Researchers examine survival in women with chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea
October 13th, 2005
Researchers sought to examine survival and outcomes in women with chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea. "The aim of" a study by scientists in France "was to evaluate the influence of early chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) on disease-free survival and overall survival in premenopausal patients with receptor-positive early breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy without any hormonotherapy." They "Retrospectively reviewed data from 130 premenopausal patients with localized hormone-sensitive breast cancer." "These patients were treated between 1985 and 1995 at the same institution," wrote M. Vanhuyse and colleagues. "They all underwent a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-13)
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