Treatment delays result in poor outcomes for men with breast cancer
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. Although most breast cancer patients are women, men make up roughly 1% of cases, Dr Marina Garassino from the Orion Collaborative Group reports at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), organised by the European Society for Medical Oncology...
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