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Breast Cancer
Findings in breast cancer provide new insights
December 1st, 2005
Reports from Switzerland and the United States highlight recent research on breast cancer. Study 1: The incidence of invasive breast cancer in women following in situ ductal or lobular cancer was studied in a Swiss population. Researchers from Switzerland "considered the risk of subsequent invasive breast cancer in a population-based series of 579 carcinomas in situ (CIS) of the breast (482 ductal, 88 lobular) registered between 1977 and 2002 in the Swiss Canton of Vaud." F. Levi and colleagues observed "A total of 55 cases of invasive breast cancer vs. 12.3 expected, corresponding to a standardized incidence ratio (SIR) of 4.5 (95% confidence...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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