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Breast Cancer
Efficacy of prophylactic mastectomy in unilateral breast cancer studied
September 1st, 2005
The efficacy of prophylactic mastectomy in women with unilateral breast cancer was recently studied. Researchers from the United States, "investigated the efficacy of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) in reducing contralateral breast cancer incidence and breast cancer mortality among women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer. This retrospective cohort study comprised approximately 50,000 women who were diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer during 1979 to 1999." "Using computerized data confirmed by chart review," L.J. Herrinton and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente, "identified 1,072 women (1.9%) who had CPM. We obtained...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-01)
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