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Breast Cancer
Hepatic resection treated metastatic breast cancer
September 15th, 2005
Hepatic resection was used to treat metastatic breast cancer. According to recent research from Japan, "Liver metastasis of breast cancer is considered a generalized disease, and surgical treatment is rarely discussed. Thirty-four patients who underwent 35 hepatectomies for liver metastases of breast cancer between 1985 and 2003 were analyzed." "The median interval between the breast surgery and relapse in the liver was 1.9 years (0-20 years). The liver was the first site of recurrence in 25 patients. Fifteen clinicopathologic factors were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses to predict survival after hepatic resection. No patients...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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