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Breast Cancer
Recent studies by J.G. West and co-authors add new data to breast cancer findings
February 5th, 2009
"Post-breast cancer treatment-related angiosarcomas were first observed In lymphedematous extremities after mastectomy and are now being reported with increasing frequency after lumpectomy and radiation," researchers in the United States report. "A case history is presented of a BRCA2 carrier who had a postmastectomy chest wall angiosarcoma but had neither therapeutic radiation nor clinically evident lymphedema. The absence of established risk factors led to speculation that the BRCA2 germline mutation could be a causative factor in the development of this patient's angiosarcoma," wrote J.G. West and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "A...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-05)
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