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Breast Cancer
Princess Margaret Hospital reports research in breast cancer
March 27th, 2008
According to recent research from Toronto, Canada, "Lumpectomy followed by radiation is standard treatment for early breast cancer. Recently, the use of partial breast intraoperative radiation (IORT) has been developed, and patients selected for IORT should not have positive margins." "This study's purpose was to identify factors predicting negative margins after lumpectomy. Patient age, preoperative investigations, surgery, final pathology, and margin status were examined using a prospective database between 1999 and 2005. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to identify patient and tumor factors predicting an increased rate of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-27)
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