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Breast Cancer
Investigators at Dartmouth College target breast cancer
April 16th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, " The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cases of locally advanced breast cancer has been steadily increasing, and is also in wider use for other cancers. As a consequence, a growing number of studies have focused on the question of how best to assess the therapeutic response to various chemotherapy or systemic therapy regimens." "Prognostic imaging of response to therapy early in the course of a planned chemotherapy regimen could be of considerable value, particularly if shifting to another therapy regimen would be more effective. A cost effectiveness analysis was completed, specific to imaging of neoadjuvant chemotherapy...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-16)
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