Removing 2mm around breast cancer tumors prevents residual disease in 98 percent of patients

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Removing an extra two millimetres around an area of invasive breast cancer is sufficient to minimise any residual disease in 98 per cent of patients, according to research published in the November issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

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