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Breast Cancer
New research in the area of breast cancer detailed
March 2nd, 2006
Investigators in the United States, Netherlands and Slovenia have published new breast cancer data. Study 1: Touch prep analysis is advised only in patients who are at high risk of nodal metastasis or who will undergo mastectomy. "Imprint cytology (touch prep) is often used for intraoperative examination of sentinel nodes in breast cancer. This allows axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) to be performed immediately for tumor-positive nodes," scientists in the United States reported. "We evaluated the accuracy of touch prep examination of sentinel nodes and its role in the surgical treatment of breast cancer. We analyzed 169...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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