Chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea in patients suffering from breast cancer in the Northwest of Iran.

South Asian J Cancer

Breast Cancer Study Group, Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Published: October 2014

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