Confusing risk information may lead breast cancer patients to make poor treatment choices

Monday, December 8, 2008 - 14:21 in Health & Medicine

A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a tool commonly used by doctors to estimate the risk of a woman's breast cancer returning after surgery is not very effective at explaining risk to patients. As a result, women with breast cancer may not find these tools helpful when deciding whether to have chemotherapy.

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