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Breast Cancer

Recent findings illuminate research in breast cancer

Study 1: Yale University radiologists have assessed "the potential advantage associated with complete removal of suspicious or indeterminate calcifications (SIC) before the initiation of irradiation as part of breast conservation therapy (BCT)."

B.E. Lally and colleagues wrote, "Of 2,045 patients treated with BCT at Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, Connecticut) and satellite facilities before 2002, 111 women, including 3 patients with bilateral disease, had a postexcision preirradiation mammogram (PREMAMMO) to evaluate residual SIC. Thus, 114 breasts were at risk...

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