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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Data on breast cancer risk factors discussed by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine
July 31st, 2008
Data detailed in 'Prognostic effect of basal-like breast cancers is time dependent: evidence from tissue microarray studies on a lymph node-negative cohort' have been presented. In this recent report, researchers in Toronto, Canada conducted a study "To determine whether data obtained from tissue microarrays (TMA) of a prospectively accrued node-negative breast cancer cohort are prognostically informative, we compared data derived from TMA with previously determined molecular markers. Subsequent to this validation, we examined outcome in specific subgroups defined using TMA data." "A consecutive series of 1,561 patients were followed for recurrence (median follow-up of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-31)
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