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Breast Cancer
Studies add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge
March 9th, 2006
New findings from Brazil, Japan and Italy describe advances in breast cancer. Study 1: Tc-99m dextran 500 was deemed better than Tc-99m phytate in detecting breast cancer. "Breast cancer surgery has evolved towards minimizing morbidity, maximizing cure rates and stratifying treatments according to disease stage. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is becoming standard practice in most centers. However, no standard radiopharmaceutical exists," investigators in Brazil reported. "[The study's aim was] to blindly compare Tc-99m dextran 500 and Tc-99m phytate in the scintigraphic detection of sentinel lymph nodes. Endpoints were the detection...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-09)
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