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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer findings from M.A.O. Mendonca and co-researchers published
March 27th, 2008
In this recent report published in the European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology, researchers in Uberaba, Brazil conducted a study "To verify the relationship between clinical variables and tumor stage in breast cancer. This retrospective study (1998 to 2001) analyzed data of 176 women with breast cancer attending a university hospital." "Patients were divided into groups according to the clinicopathological variables studied. The disease had a similar frequency at age under 50 years (44.3%) or above (55.7%) 50 years. Stage II was more frequent. Most patients were white (69.9%), non-smokers (69.3%) and were not using oral contraceptives (71%). Stages 0-II were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-27)
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