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Breast Cancer
Chest wall resection for recurrent breast cancer can provide long-term palliation
December 1st, 2005
Full-thickness chest wall resection for recurrent breast cancer can provide long-term palliation or possibly cure some patients. According to researchers in the United States, "Locoregional recurrence of breast cancer can occur in up to 30 per cent of patients and has often been considered to indicate a poor prognosis." C.R. Pameijer and colleagues "reviewed their experience with full-thickness chest wall resection for recurrent breast cancer and conducted a meta-analysis of the English literature to determine patient characteristics and outcomes." The investigators described their study: "Twenty-two women with isolated chest wall recurrence of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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