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Breast Cancer
Reports from B.B. Park and co-researchers add new data to research in breast cancer
April 23rd, 2009
According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, " We conducted this study to analyze clinicopathologic features and treatment outcomes for various treatment modalities in breast cancer patients with brain metastases. Patients and methods Retrospective analysis was performed using medical records of patients who were diagnosed with metastatic brain tumors from breast cancer." "The treatment modalities applied included whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), surgical resection, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and systemic treatments such as chemotherapy and endocrine therapy. Among 125 female breast cancer patients with brain metastases, 87.2% had Eastern Cooperative...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-23)
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