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Breast Cancer
Recent findings in breast cancer described by L. Bucchi and colleagues
March 5th, 2009
According to recent research from Forli, Italy, " Few studies have compared screen-detected (SD) breast cancer patients with symptomatic patients for the frequency and determinants of receipt of adjuvant systemic therapy according to accepted guidelines. Depending on the date of diagnosis, adjuvant therapy guidelines from the 5th, 6th, and 7th St." "Gallen International Conferences were used as standards to audit the treatment of 598 node-negative high-risk patients (59% SD) and 430 node-positive patients (40% SD) aged 50-69 years from an Italian cancer registry (1997-2001). Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using backward stepwise...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)
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