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Breast Cancer
Data on breast cancer published by B. Mccormick and colleagues
September 18th, 2008
"Mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction is a surgical procedure that addresses both the need to perform a cancer operation, and the desire of the patient to emerge from anesthesia with a replacement breast. An increasing number of these women with invasive breast cancer will benefit from chest wall and regional nodal radiation, in terms of both a decreased risk in local-regional recurrence and an increased chance of overall survival at 10 years and beyond, based on the most recent 2005 Oxford Overview," scientists in the United States report. "Indications for recommending radiation are based primarily on the pathologic assessment of the primary tumor and the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-18)
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