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Cervical Cancer Risk Factors
Tumor recurrence in patients with early cervical cancer examined
September 15th, 2005
Risk factors of tumor recurrence in patients with early cervical cancer were recently examined. "Several studies have shown that lympho vascular space involvement (LVSI) and lymph node micrometastases (LNmM) may be risk factors for recurrence in early-stage cervical cancer with no apparent lymph node metastases," researchers in France recently reported. "We performed a retrospective case-control study to reassess whether the presence of lymph node micrometastases and LVSI is predictive of subsequent recurrence following surgical resection of early-stage cervical cancer." P. Marchiolé and colleagues explained, "In a series of 292 patients diagnosed...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-15)
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