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Breast Cancer
Data from Addenbrooke's Hospital provide new insights into breast cancer
July 10th, 2008
According to recent research from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "This paper examines whether screen-detected breast cancer confers additional prognostic benefit to the patient, over and above that expected by any shift in stage at presentation. In all, 5604 women (aged 50-70 years) diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between 1998 and 2003 were identified by the Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre (ECRIC) and mammographic screening status was determined." "Using proportional hazards regression, we estimated the effect of screen detection compared with symptomatic diagnosis on 5-year survival unadjusted, then adjusted for age and Nottingham Prognostic...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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