Wednesday 31 July 2013

Analysis of Lymph Nodes Provide Correct Breast Cancer Prognosis

The removed tumour is always examined after a breast cancer operation, as its subtype can provide an indication of how aggressive the disease is. The patient's lymph nodes are not analysed in the same way. Yet the breast tumour can sometimes appear to be of a less aggressive type while the subtype in the lymph nodes gives a different and more worrying picture. In these cases, it is the lymph nodes that provide the correct prognosis, according to new ...

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