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Breast Cancer
Research from G. Friedel and co-authors provides new data about breast cancer
July 10th, 2008
According to a study from Gerlingen, Germany, "Despite available recommendations, therapeutic procedures of locally recurrent breast cancer are very different. This retrospective study presents the possibilities and results of complete, full-thickness chest wall resection." "Between 1985 and 2006, 63 women (mean age, 58 years) with local recurrence of breast cancer invading the chest wall underwent chest wall resection with myocutaneous flap coverage and are included in this study. Adequate lung, cardiovascular, renal, and hepatic functions were additional eligibility requirements for inclusion. Preoperative known extrapulmonary metastases, pleural dissemination, and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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