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Breast Cancer
Reports add new data to breast cancer research
February 16th, 2006
Data on breast cancer are outlined in reports from the United States, Japan and esinglet@mdanderson. Study 1: 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,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-16)
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