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Breast Cancer
Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
May 26th, 2005
New findings from Wales and the United States describe advances in breast cancer. Study 1: Routine preoperative lymphoscintigraphy may not always be necessary. "Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is rapidly emerging as the preferred technique for nodal staging in breast cancer. When radioactive colloid is used, a preoperative lymphoscintiscan is obtained to case sentinel lymph node (SN) identification. This study evaluates whether preoperative lymphoscintigraphy adds diagnostic accuracy to offset the additional time and cost required," scientists in Wales report. "Eight hundred twenty three breast cancer patients underwent SNB based on...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-26)
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