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Breast Cancer
Research from University of Munich provides new data about breast cancer
January 1st, 2009
"This retrospective study aimed to assess the results of computed tomographic (CT) fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) of painful osteolytic spinal metastases from breast cancer, focusing on the frequency and clinical impact of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) leaks. Within 48 months, 53 patients (52 women; mean age of 62 y +/- 13) with painful osteolytic breast cancer metastases under-went vertebroplasty," scientists in Munich, Germany report. "Eighty-six vertebrae were treated in 62 sessions under CT fluoroscopy guidance (single slice and four- and 16-row CT). In the planning CT scan, osteolytic destruction (ie, none, <= 25%, <= 50%, <= 75%, or...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-01)
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