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Breast Cancer

References

American Cancer Society. Cancer Reference Information: Breast Cancer. Available at: www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_1x.asp?dt=5. Accessed February 2007 and February 2008.

Cancer Facts and Figures 2006. American Cancer Society Homepage. Available at http://www.cancer.org. Accessed February 2007 and February 2008.

Jones SF, Burris HA. Breast Cancer. In: Textbook of Therapeutics-Drug and Disease Management-7th ed. Lipincott,Williams, and Wilkins. 2000; Pages 1769-1784.

Lindly C, Michaud LB. Breast Cancer. In: Dipiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, eds. Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach ? 6th ed.. New York; McGraw-Hill. 2005; 2329-2364.

Fiorica JV. The breast. In: Scott JR, DiSaia PJ, Hammond CB, Spellacy WN. Danforth's obsterics and gynecology, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams,and Wilkins. 1999:631-48.

Dickson RB, Lippman ME. Molecular biology of breast cancer. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA. Cancer: principles and practice of oncology, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers. 1997:1541-56.

Harris JR, Morrow M, Norton L. Malignant tumors of the breast. In: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA. Cancer: principles and practice of oncology, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers. 1997:1557-1616.

National Breast Cancer Foundation. Available at http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/index.html. Accessed February 2007 and February 2008.

New Medical Therapies: Breast Cancer. Available at: www.centerwatch.com/bookstore/nmt/nmtb_breastcancer.pdf. Accessed February 2007.

Pestell RG, Dickson RB, et.al. Breast Cancer. In: Cancer-Principles and Practice of Oncology-7th ed. Lipincott, Williams, and Wilkins. 2005; Pages 1400-1420.

The Sister Study: a study of environmental and genetic risk factors for breast cancer. Available at: www.sisterstudy.org/English/index1.htm. Accessed February 2007 and Februrary 2008.

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Available at: http://www.mdanderson.org/Diseases/BreastCancer/ . Accessed February 2006 and February 2008.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Chemoprevention of breast cancer: recommendations and rationale. Ann Intern Med. 137(1):56-58.

The Star Trial. Available at http://newscenter.cancer.gov/BenchMarks/archives/2001_10/feature_article.html. Accessed February 2006 and February 2008.

Vogel, V; Constantino, J et al. Effects of tamoxifen vs. raloxifene on the risk of developing invasive breast cancer and other disease outcomes. The NSABP Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) P-2 Trial. JAMA 2006; 295: 2727-41.

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