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Breast Cancer
Researchers' work adds to breast cancer body of knowledge
November 3rd, 2005
Breast cancer data are the focus of recent research from the United States and United Kingdom. Study 1: Hormone receptor status of primary breast cancer (PBC) did not predict the hormone receptor status of the contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to determine whether the hormone receptor status of PBC is predictive of the hormone receptor status of the subsequent CBC. We identified patients in our database with known estrogen receptor (ER; n=193) and/or progesterone receptor (PgR; n=178) status in their PBC and in their subsequent CBC. One hundred twenty-six of these patients had received no adjuvant...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-03)
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