Largest-ever breast cancer surgery study published

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 09:07 in Health & Medicine

A less invasive surgical procedure for detecting breast cancer spread has for the first time been proven to achieve the same cancer survival and recurrence control as traditional lymph node removal surgery in patients whose initial sentinel node biopsy tested negative for cancer. These findings are reported by an international team led by University of Vermont and Vermont Cancer Center physician-researcher David Krag, M.D., in the September 21 "Online First" edition of Lancet Oncology.

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