Surgical Removal of Primary Tumor Improves Survival in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
October 22, 2009
Among women diagnosed with a breast cancer that has metasticized before diagnosis, surgery that removes the primary tumor improves overall survival. This means that women who fit that profile and had that surgery survived longer on average than women who fit that profile but did not have the surgery.
A study reporting these results was presented at Europe's largest cancer meeting, and the study was published in the American Journal of Surgery.
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