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Breast Cancer
Recent findings in breast cancer described by J. Tchou and colleagues
June 19th, 2008
"Recent studies have shown that breast cancer detected by screening has a more favorable prognosis than interval breast cancer. To further understand the biologic significance of this finding, we investigated the association of disease recurrence, local and distant, with the method of detection of the primary breast cancer In a cohort of 1686 women treated with breast conservation," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Breast Cancer report. "The charts of 1686 women with primarily stage I or 11 invasive breast cancer treated by breast conservation between 1977 and 2002 were reviewed. The median length of follow-up was 6 years. Univarlate and multivariate...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-19)
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