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Breast Cancer
New findings from J. Emmering and co-authors describe advances in breast cancer
November 13th, 2008
"Established prognosis-based criteria determine the need for further treatment after primary surgery for breast cancer. Such criteria are lacking after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Oncology report. "We determine the prognostic value of preoperative [F-18]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography ((18)FDG-PET) after chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC), both as independent indicator and as add-on to postoperative histopathology. Preoperative PET was carried out in 40 LABC patients. Two expert readers assessed residual (18)FDG uptake in the primary tumor. At histopathological examination of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-13)
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