Cancer

Research by B. Sigalzafrani and colleagues in cancer provides new insights

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 8th, 2008

According to a study from Paris, France, "The characteristics of ipsilateral breast tumour recurrences (IBTRs) relative to those of their primary tumours (PTs) remain scarcely studied. Of 70 young (<= 40 years) premenopausal women with IBTRs, we studied a series of 63 with paired histological data."

"Median follow-up since IBTR was 10 years. Rates of histological types, grades or hormonal receptors were not significantly different in PTs and in IBTRs. The concordance between IBTRs and their PTs was good for histological types. IBTRs with conserved histological types tended to occur more locally, but not significantly sooner than others. These IBTRs had good...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-08)

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