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Breast Cancer
Findings from Zhejiang University advance knowledge in breast cancer
June 5th, 2008
According to recent research from Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, "Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by unilateral chest wall hypoplasia and ipsilateral hand abnormalities." "It has been reported in association with various malignancies and other developmental defects. We report here the case of a 58-year-old woman with Poland's syndrome who developed breast cancer in the ipsilateral normal breast," wrote J. Ji and colleagues, Zhejiang University. The researchers concluded: "A review of the literature reveals that two studies of breast carcinoma associated with Poland's syndrome have been reported, but this paper is...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-05)
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