Noticias de investigación sobre cirugía
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MBCS: Lumpectomy 'Safe' for Young Breast Cancer Patients (en inglés)
Early-stage breast cancer diagnosed in women age 40 and younger has a somewhat worse overall prognosis than early-stage breast cancer diagnosed in older women. Still, lumpectomy followed by radiation t...
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ASBS: Prophylactic Mastectomy Good Even Years Later (en inglés)
Some women who've been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have that breast and the other healthy breast removed. Removing the other healthy breast is called contralateral ...
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Sentinel Node Dissection Poses No Breast CA Survival Hazard (en inglés)
A study, called the Z0011 trial, suggests that routinely removing the axillary lymph nodes during surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer may not make sense for many women. The axillary lymph nodes...
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ASCO GI: Rethink Views On Breast Ca Liver Mets (en inglés)
Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread to areas of the body away from the breast. The bones are a common place for metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer also sometimes metastasizes to the...
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ASCO: Survival No Better After Axillary Node Surgery (en inglés)
Three studies suggest that routinely removing the underarm (axillary) lymph nodes during early-stage breast cancer surgery may not make sense for most women. These results were presented at the 2010 Am...
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EBCC: Non-Mastectomy Options for BRCA Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Most inherited cases of breast cancer are associated with one of two abnormal breast cancer genes: BRCA1 (BReast CAncer gene one) and BRCA2 (BReast CAncer gene two). Women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRC...
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EBCC: Contralateral Mastectomy Fueled by Misconception (en inglés)
Some women who've been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have that breast and the other healthy breast removed. Removing the other healthy breast is called contralateral ...
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SIR: Cryotherapy Conserves the Breast (en inglés)
Cryotherapy is an experimental treatment for breast cancer. Cryotherapy freezes and kills the cancer cells that make up the tumor. A very small study suggests that cryotherapy may be a safe and effecti...
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Survival Gain Seen with Prophylactic Breast Removal (en inglés)
Some women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have both breasts removed. Removing the healthy breast is called "contralateral prophylactic mastectomy." In most cases, the ...
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Chronic Pain Common After Breast CA Surgery (en inglés)
About half of women who have breast cancer surgery have continuing pain problems a year or more after surgery, according to a study.
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