Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Breast Cancer
New findings reported from U. Veronesi and co-authors describe advances in breast cancer
July 2nd, 2009
According to a study from Milan, Italy, "The TNMUICC classification of breast cancer categorizes tumor size, regional lymph node involvement, and distant metastases. Treatment is influenced by these characteristics, but requires knowledge of several other factors." "In fact, effective treatment is dependent on disease extent, hormone receptor status, and other biologic characteristics of the cancer. We propose a new classification [tumor node metastasis (TNM)] that not only includes relevant biologic characteristics and can expand to include others as they are validated but also specifies tumor size exactly (T2.3 indicates a cancer of maximum diameter 2.3 cm), provides...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-02)
|
