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Breast Cancer
Surgeon perspectives about local therapy for breast carcinoma shared
January 5th, 2006
Surgeons shared their perspectives about local therapy for breast carcinoma. According to recent research from the United States, "Geographic variations in the use of mastectomy and the use of radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) have motivated concerns that surgeons are not uniformly adhering to treatment standards. The authors surveyed attending surgeons of a population-based sample of patients with breast carcinoma diagnosed in Detroit and Los Angeles from December 2001 to January 2003 (n=365; response rate, 80.0%)." "Clinical scenarios were used to evaluate opinions about local therapy. On average, surgeons reported that...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-05)
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