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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer findings from C.M. Mccarthy and co-authors described
April 3rd, 2008
"The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of prosthetic reconstruction on the incidence, detection, and management of locoregional recurrence following mastectomy for invasive breast cancer. A matched retrospective cohort study was performed," investigators in the United States report. "Only patients with invasive breast cancer who had 2 years or more of follow-up and/or patients who had recurrence within 2 years of their primary cancer were included. In total, 618 patients who underwent mastectomy for invasive breast cancer from 1995 until 1999 were evaluated. Three hundred nine patients who had immediate, tissue expander/implant reconstruction were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-03)
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