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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings recently were reported by T. Lowe and co-researchers
June 26th, 2008
"Over the years, the prognosis following treatment of a primary cancer has significantly improved. However, the growing population of these cancer survivors has led to the realization of multiple long-term complications secondary to their treatment," scientists in the United States report. "One of the most devastating long-term complications is the development of a second malignancy. We report here the case of a 34-year-old man who developed stage IIB node-positive breast cancer almost 15 years following total body irradiation and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of a male...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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