Research shows biopsy of recurrent breast cancer can alter treatment
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 05:43
in Health & Medicine
For women with recurrent breast cancer, the treatment the doctor chooses is usually based on the properties of their original breast cancer. A group from Toronto has recently completed the world's first study that compared original breast cancer tumors with a biopsy of suspected tumors that recurred elsewhere in the body.
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