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Breast Cancer
Follow-up for breast lump with normal mammogram examined
September 15th, 2005
The extent of follow-up needed for women with a breast lump and a normal mammogram was recently examined. "Many women experience a breast lump. Clinical guidelines suggest that a normal mammogram result alone is not adequate to exclude a diagnosis of cancer," researchers in the United States report. J.S. Haas and colleagues conducted a study "To examine the characteristics of women with a breast lump and a normal mammogram that were associated with receiving further evaluation, and to examine cancer outcomes." The study population consisted of "women aged 35 to 70 years who participated in a population-based mammography registry and who did not have...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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