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Breast Cancer
Surgery of liver metastases performed with low morbidity and mortality in select breast cancer patients
March 2nd, 2006
Surgery of liver metastases from breast cancer could be performed with low morbidity and mortality in select patients. According to a recent article published in the journal Hepato-Gastroenterology, scientists in Italy conducted a study "to evaluate short- and long-term outcomes in the surgical treatment of liver metastases from breast cancer. Between 1984 and 1999 we observed 26 patients with secondary liver localization (25 metachronous) from breast cancer. The median disease-free interval was 70 months (4-136)." "Median age at the time of liver surgery was 56 years (36-76). The 18 patients included: 1 patient at stage 1, 10 at IIA, 6 stage...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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