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Breast Cancer
Study results from University of Sao Paulo provide new insights into breast cancer
September 25th, 2008
According to recent research from Sao Paulo, Brazil, "The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of breast conserving surgery ill patients with breast tumours satisfactorily downstaged after neoadjuvant therapy. A retrospective cohort study was undertaken to analyze the loco-regional recurrence (LRR) after breast conserving surgery." "We enrolled 88 patients with breast cancer subjected to neoadjuvant therapy (NAT group) who achieved an objective response due to neoadjuvant treatment and compared them with 191 patients with early breast cancer (EBC group) who were submitted to primary conserving surgery. Lumpectomy or quadrantectomy with axillary lymph node...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-25)
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