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Mastectomies for early-stage breast cancer rise after MRI: study

May 17, 2008 – 5:07 pm

The number of women who opted for mastectomy when diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer increased significantly at the same time MRI screening before surgery doubled, a new study finds.
Research from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., shows that mastectomy rates for early-stage breast cancer dropped between 1997 and 2004, and then jumped between 2003 and […]

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Mastectomy at AIIMS but kin say no cancer

May 1, 2008 – 5:02 am

NEW DELHI: Forty five-year-old Kumud Devi is inconsolable. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Kumud underwent mastectomy of her right breast at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on April 3. But the post-operation pathology report of the tissue which was removed left her in a state of shock. The report said […]

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