Women and breast cancer
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Changes in Mammary Gland Morphology and Breast Cancer Risk in Rats
Published on: October 16, 2010
1Medical Breast Cancer Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Abstract:
One in every 12 women will develop breast cancer; the incidence increases with age, dietary fat intake, caloric intake, height, and weight. The 10-year survival rate of breast cancer patients who refuse therapy is virtually zero. Segmental mastectomy plus radiation and lumpectomy, combined with systemic (adjuvant)chemotherapy, are alternatives under investigation at the National Institutes of Health that may increase the survival rate by decreasing metastatic complications.
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