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Breast Cancer
Research results from S. Ciatto and co-authors update knowledge of breast cancer
September 4th, 2008
According to a study from Florence, Italy, "Little is known about long-term outcomes following a second breast cancer diagnosis. We describe the epidemiology, characteristics and prognosis of second breast cancers in an Italian cohort." "We identified women with two breast cancer diagnoses from 24 278 histology records at a Tuscan breast cancer service between 1980 and 2005, and determined their survival status. Disease-specific survival from second diagnosis was examined using Cox regression analyses. Second cancers were identified in 1044 women with a median age of 60 years. In all 455 were ipsilateral relapses and 589 were contralateral cancers. Median time between...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-04)
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