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Breast Cancer
Study findings from University of Pittsburgh broaden understanding of breast cancer
September 18th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "The accuracy of the nomogram in women with positive sentinel nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the nomogram in patients receiving NCT." "Between December 1999 and December 2005, we identified 233 patients who had a positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and complete axillary lymph node dissection at Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Thirty-two patients (14%) had presented with clinically N0 breast cancer (BC) for which NCT was administered. The computerised BC nomogram was used to calculate the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-18)
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