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Breast Cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, College of Medicine publish new data on breast cancer
June 19th, 2008
"This study aims to examine the role of surgery in patients with stage IV breast cancer. Historically, women who present with metastatic breast cancer are not offered surgical treatment," investigators in the United States report. "However, recent reports indicate that surgery may improve outcome. Using a large database of women whom presented with stage IV breast cancer, we compared outcome of patients who had resection of their primary cancer to those who did not. Of 16,401 patients, 807 had stage IV disease at presentation, and 395 survived > 90 days and were included in this analysis. Clinical and tumor characteristics, surgical treatment, and survival were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-19)
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