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Breast Cancer
Findings from Kyoto University broaden understanding of breast cancer
January 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Kyoto, Japan, "The Japan Patterns of Care Study (JPCS) conducted two national surveys to identify changes associated with the treatment process of care for patients undergoing breast-conserving therapy (BCT). Between the two national surveys, the Japanese Breast Cancer Society published its treatment guideline for BCT." "The first survey collected data on 865 patients treated between 1995 and 1997 (JPCS-1), and the second on 746 patients treated between1999 and 2001 (JPCS-2) by extramural audits. There was a shift to an older age distribution in JPCS-2 compared with JPCS-1. In JPCS-2, the average patient age was 53.9 compared with 51.5...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-15)
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