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Breast Cancer
Proper assessment of tumor burden is important in breast cancer staging
December 29th, 2005
The proper assessment of tumor burden is important in breast cancer disease staging. "The identification of multiple tumors in the breast is associated with increased nodal involvement when compared with similar staged unifocal disease. This study" by researchers in Australia "compares two methods of tumor size assessment to predict tumor behavior in the relationship between size and axillary node involvement for patients with multifocal and multicentric breast cancer." "The histologic reports of every patient with multifocal breast cancer treated in New South Wales between April 1995 and September 1995 were examined," stated N.J. Coombs and J....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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