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Breast Cancer
Research from S.V.S. Deo and co-authors reveals new findings on breast cancer
May 15th, 2008
"Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women worldwide. Surgery plays an important role in its management," investigators in New Delhi, India report. "Axillary lymph node dissection has been the standard of care for staging, prognostication and control of axillary disease for almost a century. However, this time-tested paradigm Is shifting gradually in the western world, because of the increasing use of screening mammography resulting in the detection of a large proportion of node-negative early breast cancers and a significant incidence of axillary lymph node dissection-related arm morbidity. Minimally invasive and less morbid procedures such as sentinel lymph...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-15)
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