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John F. Forbes

Researcher at University of Limerick

Publications -  373
Citations -  51254

John F. Forbes is an academic researcher from University of Limerick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Tamoxifen. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 368 publications receiving 46433 citations. Previous affiliations of John F. Forbes include University of Newcastle & University of Melbourne.

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Effect of systemic adjuvant treatment on first sites of breast cancer relapse.

TL;DR: Evaluation of the types of first relapse avoided by available treatments may explain why effects on mortality are small and appear late during follow-up, and more intensive treatments at present being tested in clinical trials might affect bone and visceral relapses and have a greater and earlier influence on survival.
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Extended adjuvant intermittent letrozole versus continuous letrozole in postmenopausal women with breast cancer (SOLE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

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- 01 Jan 2018 - 
TL;DR: Extended intermittent use of adjuvant letrozole in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, lymph node- positive, and operable breast cancer for which they had undergone local treatment and had completed 4-6 years of adjUvant endocrine therapy is hypothesised to improve breast cancer outcome compared with continuous use of letroZole.

Effect of a lifestyle intervention on weight change in south Asian individuals in the UK at high risk of type 2 diabetes

TL;DR: Bhopal et al. as discussed by the authors studied the effect of a lifestyle intervention on weight change in south Asian individuals in the UK at high risk of Type 2 diabetes in a family-cluster randomised controlled trial.
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Decreased expression of key tumour suppressor microRNAs is associated with lymph node metastases in triple negative breast cancer

TL;DR: Novel insight is provided into the repertoire of miRNAs that contribute to the initiation of and progression to lymph node metastasis in triple negative breast cancer and have important implications for the treatment of this breast cancer subtype.