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Breast Cancer
Data on breast cancer detailed by researchers at University of Helsinki
August 28th, 2008
According to a study from Helsinki, Finland, "Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for having four or more positive axillary lymph nodes among breast cancer patients undergoing sentinel node (SN) biopsy. Between February 2005 and July 2007, 1,062 breast cancer patients with the clinical turnout size not larger than 3 cm underwent SN biopsy and axillary clearance (AC), when SN was positive." "These patients were identified in a prospectively collected database. Four or more positive axillary nodes were detected in 68 patients representing 6% of the entire Study population and 16% of the 436 node positive cases. Features regarded as predictive for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-28)
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