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Breast Cancer
Study results from R.P. Dibi and colleagues broaden understanding of breast cancer
April 30th, 2009
In this recent article published in the Menopause - the Journal of the North American Menopause Society, scientists in Porto Alegre, Brazil conducted a study "To evaluate immunohistochemical, hysteroscopic, and histological findings in postmenopausal women taking tamoxifen for breast cancer. Forty postmenopausal women taking 20 mg/day tamoxifen for breast cancer underwent hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy from January 2000 to December 2003." "Medical records and paraffin blocks were analyzed retrospectively, and Ki-67, estrogen receptors (ERs), and progesterone receptors were measured using all immunohistochemical technique. The mean +/- SD age of the women...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-30)
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