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Studies from Canberra Hospital yield new data on breast cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 13th, 2011

2011 JAN 13 -- "The study examines the management and outcomes of women with early invasive breast cancer treated in rural and metropolitan centres over a nine-year observation period. A prospective audit of the treatment and outcomes of 2081 women with early breast cancer who underwent potentially curative surgery between 1997 and 2006 in metropolitan Canberra or in the surrounding rural region was completed," investigators in Australia report.

"Overall, there was good agreement between published guidelines and the treatment received by the women in the study. However, women treated in rural centres were less likely to receive postoperative radiotherapy...

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