News tagged with sentinel node biopsy

Largest-ever breast cancer surgery study published

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein predicts development of invasive breast cancer in women with DCIS

Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0