11-09-2009, 06:42 PM
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Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer
Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.
However, the increased risk is for recurrences near the original cancer. The higher risk was also only seen in women who were not treated with radiation after their surgeries.
And breast density does not seem to have an effect on the risk that the disease will spread or the chance of survival, researchers report in the journal Cancer.
Women with dense breasts are known to be at increased risk of breast cancer, but it was unclear whether they were at a higher risk of a recurrence once they had been treated. It is also unclear why breast density should have any effect on risk.
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Read more at Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer - Yahoo! News
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