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Breast Cancer
Test accurately predicts disease aggressiveness
June 30th, 2005
A test that measures how quickly cells are dividing is an accurate way for doctors to predict the aggressiveness of breast cancer tumors, even among women with very early stages of the disease, researchers report. The findings, presented at the 2nd ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC) in Budapest, Hungary, will help clinicians decide which patients will benefit most from treatment with more intensive chemotherapy. For most women whose invasive breast cancer is detected early, research shows that prognosis is generally excellent. But the group includes dramatically different subgroups of patients who need to be identified in order to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-30)
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