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Mashup Score: 1Response to Primary Systemic Therapy Could Dictate Whether Extensive Lymph Node Removal Is Needed in Patients With Breast Cancer - The ASCO Post - 2 month(s) ago
Extensive removal of the lymph nodes may be safely avoided in patients with breast cancer that has metastasized to the axillary nodes if treatment is tailored to their response to therapies such as chemotherapy prior to surgery, according to new findings presente d by van Hemert et al at the 2024 European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC) (Abstract 14) and simultaneously published in the European Journal of Cancer. Although primary systemic therapy has recently improved, and up to 70% of patients achieved
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Mashup Score: 1Combined PET MRI Scan Could Benefit Patients With Early Stage Breast Cancer - The ASCO Post - 2 month(s) ago
A combined positron-emission tomography–magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) scanning technique could improve the treatment of some patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to new findings presented by Di Micco et al at the 2024 European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC) (Abstract 9) and simultaneously published in the European Journal of Cancer. “The standard approach for patients with early-[stage] breast cancer includes mammography, ultrasound, and sometimes MRI. Combined PET-MRI is a relatively
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