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Breast Cancer
Tumor characteristics may help predict survival
April 6th, 2004
An 11-year study of breast cancer patients who had tumors removed but had no evidence of cancer in their lymph nodes has confirmed that certain factors may predict cancer recurrence, and help physicians decide who should get additional treatment The research, from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is reported in the April 2004 issue of Clinical Cytometry. "Despite years of research, it is still unclear which women with node-negative breast cancer will need chemotherapy and which women are cured by the surgery and do not need any additional chemotherapy," said Timothy Kute, PhD, associate professor of pathology and cancer biology....
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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