Lee, Chee Khoon
Hudson, Malcolm
Simes, John
Ribi, Karin
Bernhard, Jürg
Coates, Alan S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (1037786)
International Breast Cancer Study Group (not applicable)
Article History
Received: 20 June 2017
Accepted: 26 December 2017
First Online: 12 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Each of the clinical trials from which these data are derived was approved by the International Breast Cancer Study Group Ethics Committee and by the Ethics Committees of all participating institutions. All patients who participated provided written consents to undergo treatment in the included trials. QL indicator assessments were reviewed and approved by relevant ethics committees.
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