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Breast Cancer
Study findings suggest cancer etiology and outcome may be linked
June 2nd, 2005
An analysis of data from the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program suggest that breast cancer etiology and outcome may be linked. "Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and chronic disease with relapses and death occurring 25 years or more after primary diagnosis. Standard tumor characteristics are used to predict initial relapse or death, but their ability to estimate long-term patterns of failure may be limited," wrote W.F. Anderson and colleagues, U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). "To further evaluate the significance of standard tumor features, we compared incidence and prognostic patterns in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-02)
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