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Breast Cancer
Affect of early ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences on survival examined
August 11th, 2005
Scientists assessed whether or not early ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences after breast conservation affected survival. In a recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "to evaluate the effect of an ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after breast-conservation therapy (BCT) on survival. One hundred twenty-one women were randomized to BCT. Patients with an IBTR were analyzed to determine survival." "Analysis was performed with Kaplan-Meier estimates, log-rank tests, and time-dependent covariate Cox models. At a median follow-up of 18.4 years, 27 patients had an IBTR. The median survival time after IBTR was 13.1 years....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-11)
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