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Breast Cancer
Axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients estimated
July 7th, 2005
Researchers estimated the axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients. In a recent report published in the Croatian Medical Journal, scientists in Slovenia conducted a study "to assess the axillary recurrence rate inoperable breast cancer patients with clinically negative axilla after negative sentinel lymph node in whom axillary lymph node dissection had not been performed." "Fifty consecutive female operable breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph node biopsy in whom axillary lymph node dissection had not been performed were included in the study and prospectively followed, with median follow-up time of 32 months (range...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-07)
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