Breast Cancer (Surgery)

Timing of Surgery Doesn't Appear To Influence Survival

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 6th, 1998

Is it possible that young women with breast cancer live longer if the operation to remove the cancer is performed during the middle of the menstrual cycle rather than at the beginning'

The answer depends on how long ago the surgery was done.

Prior to 1984, surgery done during the onset of menstruation almost doubled the risk of dying compared to surgery around the time of ovulation, according to the results of a new study.

Led by Susan Harlap, MD, research professor of epidemiology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University School of Medicine, researchers examined the notion that timing breast cancer...

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