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Breast Cancer
Research in the area of breast cancer reported from S.Y. Khera and colleagues
June 26th, 2008
"As more women put off pregnancy until their 30s and beyond, the possibility of pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) will rise. Treatment options for patients with PABC need to consider possible harm to the fetus," investigators in the United States report. "The goal of this study is to review our institution's experience with sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsies in patients with PABC. A prospectively accrued breast Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved data base was searched under separate IRB approval for cases of SLN biopsy in patients with PABC. Ten patients were identified between 1994 and 2006 out of 5,563 patients. A chart review was performed on all 10...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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