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Breast Cancer
Lymph-node micrometastases worsens outcomes for breast cancer patients
August 25th, 2005
Lymph-node micrometastases worsens outcomes for breast cancer patients. According to researchers in The Netherlands, "we analyzed the results of regional community practice to determine the prognosis of axillary lymph-node micrometastases in women with breast cancer. Patient data were retrieved from the population-based Eindhoven Cancer Registry in The Netherlands." "Between 1975 and 1997, 10,111 patients were diagnosed as having invasive breast cancer. We compared three subgroups: patients without axillary involvement (the pN0 group), patients with axillary micrometastasis ({{<=}}2 mm, the pN1a group), and patients with a macro metastasis in only...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-25)
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