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Breast Cancer Patients Increasingly Opting for Mastectomy
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Title Breast Cancer Patients Increasingly Opting for Mastectomy
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/706861?src=rss
Description After years of a steady decline, mastectomy rates have been increasing among women with early-stage breast cancer. Both surgery year and MRI were found to be significant predictors of mastectomy. Medscape Medical News
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Date Aug 3, 2009
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