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| Black Women and Cancer Survival |
Although black women are less likely to develop
breast cancer than whites, and other ethnic groups,
those who do have the disease are almost twice as
likely to die from it.
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| Needle Biopsy Lowers Rate of Reexcision in Breast Cancer |
Needle biopsy for the initial evaluation of breast
abnormalities has downstream consequences for
breast cancer care so superior to those of open surgical
biopsy that the needle biopsy rate at a medical Center or
in a surgeon's practice may be a useful quality of care
benchmark...
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| No Axillary Dissection Needed in Some Breast Cancer Patients |
Axillary radiotherapy appears to be a safe and less
morbid alternative to axillary node dissection in clinically
noted negative breast-cancer patients who have a
positive sentinel lymph node...
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| Sex After Cancer |
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer,
chances are that lust is not the first thing on her list of
things to worry about. But it's up there because while
treatment can save her life, it can also seriously
threaten her sexuality.
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| Small tumors, not just treatment, improving breast cancer survival |
Much of the improvement in breast cancer survival
rates in recent years is because the average tumor is
smaller, not just because treatments are so much
better, a wide-ranging new study has found.
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| Stereotactic Breast Biopsy |
Mammography has allowed us to detect breast
cancer much earlier, with significantly improved
outcomes. Most mammographic abnormalities are
either followed closely with serial mammograms or
removed surgically.
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| Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Tamoxifen from Treatment to Prevention |
Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator
modulator (SERM) which has both estrogenic and antiestrogenic
effects. It is used in patients with metastatic breast cancer,
as an adjuvant to surgery in early-stage breast cancer, and
even to prevent the development of breast cancer in high-risk
women. (Outline form)
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