B Fisher

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Publications

  1. ncbi Tamoxifen for prevention of breast cancer: report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1371-88. 1998
  2. ncbi Sequential methotrexate and fluorouracil for the treatment of node-negative breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-negative tumors: eight-year results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-13 and first report of finding
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Scientific Director s Office, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Clin Oncol 14:1982-92. 1996
  3. ncbi Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations and Biostatistical Centers, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Clin Oncol 16:2672-85. 1998
  4. ncbi Prognosis and treatment of patients with breast tumors of one centimeter or less and negative axillary lymph nodes
    B Fisher
    B Fisher, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project NSABP, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 93:112-20. 2001
  5. ncbi Tamoxifen in treatment of intraductal breast cancer: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-24 randomised controlled trial
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    Lancet 353:1993-2000. 1999
  6. ncbi Further evaluation of intensified and increased total dose of cyclophosphamide for the treatment of primary breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-25
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:3374-88. 1999
  7. ncbi erbB-2 and response to doxorubicin in patients with axillary lymph node-positive, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer
    S Paik
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Department of Human Oncology, Allegheny University of Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1361-70. 1998
  8. ncbi Clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy of fluorouracil and leucovorin, fluorouracil and levamisole, and fluorouracil, leucovorin, and levamisole in patients with Dukes' B and C carcinoma of the colon: results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast
    N Wolmark
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:3553-9. 1999
  9. ncbi Tamoxifen and chemotherapy for axillary node-negative, estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-23
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Clin Oncol 19:931-42. 2001
  10. ncbi Randomized trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy for carcinoma of the rectum: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-02
    N Wolmark
    N Wolmark, D L Wickerham, E R Fisher, B Fisher, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project NSABP Operations Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 92:388-96. 2000

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Publications14

  1. ncbi Tamoxifen for prevention of breast cancer: report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1371-88. 1998
    ..To test this hypothesis, the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project initiated the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (P-1) in 1992...
  2. ncbi Sequential methotrexate and fluorouracil for the treatment of node-negative breast cancer patients with estrogen receptor-negative tumors: eight-year results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-13 and first report of finding
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Scientific Director s Office, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Clin Oncol 14:1982-92. 1996
    ....
  3. ncbi Effect of preoperative chemotherapy on the outcome of women with operable breast cancer
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Operations and Biostatistical Centers, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Clin Oncol 16:2672-85. 1998
    ....
  4. ncbi Prognosis and treatment of patients with breast tumors of one centimeter or less and negative axillary lymph nodes
    B Fisher
    B Fisher, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project NSABP, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 93:112-20. 2001
    ....
  5. ncbi Tamoxifen in treatment of intraductal breast cancer: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-24 randomised controlled trial
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    Lancet 353:1993-2000. 1999
    ..We did a double-blind randomised controlled trial to find out whether lumpectomy, radiation therapy, and tamoxifen was of more benefit than lumpectomy and radiation therapy alone for DCIS...
  6. ncbi Further evaluation of intensified and increased total dose of cyclophosphamide for the treatment of primary breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-25
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:3374-88. 1999
    ..B-25 was initiated to determine whether further intensifying and increasing the cyclophosphamide dose would yield more favorable results...
  7. ncbi erbB-2 and response to doxorubicin in patients with axillary lymph node-positive, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer
    S Paik
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Department of Human Oncology, Allegheny University of Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 90:1361-70. 1998
    ..Overexpression of the erbB-2 protein by breast cancer cells has been suggested to be a predictor of response to doxorubicin. A retrospective study was designed to test this hypothesis...
  8. ncbi Clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy of fluorouracil and leucovorin, fluorouracil and levamisole, and fluorouracil, leucovorin, and levamisole in patients with Dukes' B and C carcinoma of the colon: results from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast
    N Wolmark
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:3553-9. 1999
    ..To compare the efficacy of leucovorin-modulated fluorouracil (FU+LV) with that of fluorouracil and levamisole (FU+LEV) or with the combination of FU+LV and levamisole (FU+LV+LEV)...
  9. ncbi Tamoxifen and chemotherapy for axillary node-negative, estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer: findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-23
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Clin Oncol 19:931-42. 2001
    ....
  10. ncbi Randomized trial of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy for carcinoma of the rectum: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-02
    N Wolmark
    N Wolmark, D L Wickerham, E R Fisher, B Fisher, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project NSABP Operations Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 92:388-96. 2000
    ..This study was carried out to address this issue. An additional aim was to determine whether leucovorin (LV)-modulated 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is superior to the combination of 5-FU, semustine, and vincristine (MOF) in men...
  11. ncbi Fifteen-year prognostic discriminants for invasive breast carcinoma: National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol-06
    E R Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Pathology Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Cancer 91:1679-87. 2001
    ....
  12. ncbi Five versus more than five years of tamoxifen for lymph node-negative breast cancer: updated findings from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-14 randomized trial
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, and Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15212 5234, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 93:684-90. 2001
    ....
  13. ncbi From Halsted to prevention and beyond: advances in the management of breast cancer during the twentieth century
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, 4 Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 5234, USA
    Eur J Cancer 35:1963-73. 1999
    ..Perhaps the most important accomplishment of the twentieth century relates to the change in the pro..
  14. ncbi Prevention of invasive breast cancer in women with ductal carcinoma in situ: an update of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project experience
    B Fisher
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Semin Oncol 28:400-18. 2001
    ..It does suggest, however, that, in the treatment of DCIS, the appropriate use of current and better therapeutic agents that become available could diminish the significance of breast cancer as a public health problem...