Breast Cancer
Study confirms conservation surgery is safe for BRCA cancers
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, April 11th, 2004
That is the conclusion of a team of researchers from the Institut Curie in Paris after studying a group of high-risk patients for a median 9 years after surgery for breast cancer. They found that these women, who were carrying either the BRCA1 or BRCA 2 mutation, had no higher rate of recurrence than patients in the control arm of the study with no family history of the disease.
Youlia Kirova told a news briefing at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference that the only factor...
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