Breast Cancer

Follow-ups "no longer guess-work" thanks to new physics research

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 18th, 2004

A new technique has been developed that will help doctors more accurately judge how long they should continue to see patients following successful treatment of breast cancer.

As the number of breast cancer patients rises and hospitals struggle to meet the growing cost of healthcare provision, the new research, by a U.K. physicist and two biostatisticians in France, could help divert funds into frontline treatment such as chemotherapy drugs and better imaging technology.

Doctors currently see patients for follow-up examinations for up to 10 years to check for tumor recurrence. Until now, the length of this follow-up period has been guess-work by...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-03-18)

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