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Breast Cancer
Research from M. Caralt and co-authors in the area of breast cancer published
November 6th, 2008
According to a study from Barcelona, Spain, "Metastatic breast cancer is considered an incurable disease despite new therapies. Recent studies suggest that liver resection associated with systemic treatment may improve patient survival." "Patient selection criteria were: good performance status, the feasibility of a complete and safe surgical procedure, and absence of uncontrolled extrahepatic metastases. The information was collected prospectively and analyzed retrospectively from our database. Between 1988 and 2006, 13 liver resections were performed in 12 patients owing to metastatic breast cancer. Two patients had synchronous metastases and ten metachronous...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-06)
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