Research News for October 2008
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If Cancer Comes Back After Lumpectomy, Mastectomy May be Best Choice
Women who had lumpectomy to treat an initial breast cancer and then had lumpectomy again to treat breast cancer that came back in the same breast had lower survival rates in the 10 years after the second surgery compared to women who had lumpectomy as the first surgery and then mastectomy as the second surgery.
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Genetic Test Results Can Offer Peace of Mind
Women at high risk for breast cancer who had genetic testing benefited psychologically from knowing the results of the test.
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Computer-Aided Detection Offers Same Accuracy as Double Reading Mammograms
A large study found that two ways to read mammograms -- computer-aided detection and double reading -- were both about 87% accurate in finding breast cancer.
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