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Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Hormone receptor profiles of breast cancers suggest different etiologies
December 22nd, 2005
Hormone receptor profiles of histologic types of breast cancers suggest different etiologies. "Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, though little is known about some of its rarer forms, including certain histologic types. Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program data on 135,157 invasive breast cancer cases diagnosed from 1992 to 2001, we assessed "relationships between nine histologic types of breast cancer and various tumor characteristics," scientists in the United States report. C.I. Li and colleagues stated, "Among women aged 50-89 years at diagnosis, lobular and ductal/lobular carcinoma cases were more likely to be...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-22)
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