Researchers find rate of follow-up surgeries after partial mastectomy varies greatly
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 06:00
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(Medical Xpress) -- A study conducted at the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care and three other sites and published in the February 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found significant variability by both surgeon and institution in the rates of follow-up surgeries for women who underwent a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer. The research determined that these differences could not be explained by a patients medical or treatment history, and hypothesized that they could affect both cancer recurrence and overall survival rates.