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New Research Findings on Breast Cancer Surgery Survival Rates
09.02.2014
"We can now say that the average breast cancer patient who has bilateral mastectomy will have no better survival than the average patient who has lumpectomy plus radiation," said Allison Kurian, MD, medical oncologist at the Stanford Breast Cancer Program.
New research finds that breast cancer patients who undergo bilateral mastectomy do not have better surival rates, according to a new study led by Dr. Allison Kurian and Scarlett Gomez. The study is a first-ever direct comparison of breast cancer surgeries showing survival rates of women who have bilateral mastectomies (have both breasts removed) versus those who undergo lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy.
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Breast cancer patients with bilateral mastectomy don't have better survival rates, researchers find
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