Bisphosphonates in the adjuvant setting of breast cancer therapy--effect on survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The role of bisphosphonates (BP) in early breast cancer (BC) has been considered controversial. We performed a meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that appraised the effects of BP on survival in early BC.RCTs were identified by searching the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE databases a...

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Main Authors: Irit Ben-Aharon, Liat Vidal, Shulamith Rizel, Rinat Yerushalmi, Ofer Shpilberg, Aaron Sulkes, Salomon M Stemmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3753308?pdf=render