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Breast Cancer
Is breast cancer survival affected by age?
September 15th, 2005
Is breast cancer survival affected by the age of the patient' According to researchers in Switzerland, "The effect of age on breast cancer survival is still a matter of controversy. Breast cancer in young women is thought to be more aggressive and to have worse prognosis but results from clinical research have been neither consistent nor definitive." "In this study," E. Rapiti and colleagues "assessed the impact of young age at diagnosis on tumor characteristics, treatment and survival of breast cancer. The study included 82 very young ({{<=}}35 years), 790 young (36-49), and 2125 older (50-69) women recorded between 1990 and 2001 at the Geneva...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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