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Breast Cancer
Researchers from Osaka University, Medical Department detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
June 26th, 2008
"Recently, many studies have demonstrated the feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). However, no studies have been conducted to evaluate the accuracy of frozen section (FS) analysis of SLN in NAC-treated patients," investigators in Suita, Japan report. "The aim was to evaluate the accuracy of intraoperative FS analysis of SLNs in breast cancer patients treated with NAC in comparison with that in those not treated. Patients with primary breast cancer either treated with NAC (n = 62) or not treated (n = 301) were included in this study. Intraoperatively, the largest cut surface (2-mm...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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