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Presence of inflammatory response indicated poor outcome in breast cancer patients

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 6th, 2006

The presence of an inflammatory response indicated poor outcome in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

"Prediction of outcome in patients with metastatic breast cancer remains problematical. The present study evaluated the value of an inflammation-based prognostic score (Glasgow Prognostic Score, GPS) in patients with metastatic breast cancer," scientists writing in the British Journal of Cancer reported.

"The GPS was constructed as follows: patients with both an elevated C-reactive protein (410 mg/L) and hypoalbuminaemia (<35 g/L) were allocated a score of 2. Patients in whom only one or none of these biochemical abnormalities was...

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