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Breast Cancer
Studies from Royal Marsden Hospital further understanding of breast cancer
April 24th, 2008
According to a study from Sutton, the United Kingdom, "Mortality rates for breast cancer are improving in most countries. Life expectancy is also improving, and as age is the major risk factor for the development of breast cancer, we sought to determine whether survival of elderly women with breast cancer has improved over the past 20 years in our institution." "In a retrospective study using a prospectively maintained database, we identified 950 women aged >= 70 years diagnosed with breast cancer between 1980 and 2000. Overall survival of patients was compared between two different time cohorts-those diagnosed from 1980 to 1990 and from 1991 to 2000-and between...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)
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