The Breast
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 15-20 , February 2011

Prognostic and predictive value of TFF1 for adjuvant endocrine therapy in Chinese women with early ER positive breast cancer: Comparing aromatase inhibitors with tamoxifen

Received 23 March 2010 ,Revised 1 June 2010 ,Accepted 12 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.06.002

The Breast
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 15-20 , February 2011

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