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Breast Cancer
Incidence rate of tumor recurrence after breast-conserving therapy studied
September 22nd, 2005
The incidence rate of tumor recurrence after breast-conserving therapy was recently studied at one institution. "The risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is associated with treatment and tumor-related variables, such as surgical margin status and the use of systemic therapy, and these variables have changed over time. Correspondingly," researchers from the United States, "hypothesized that the contemporary multidisciplinary management of breast carcinoma would lead to an improvement in IBTR rates after BCT." "Between 1970 and 1996, 1355 patients with pathologic Stage I-II invasive breast carcinoma...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-22)
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