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Bilateral breast cancer occurs in approximately 7 % of surviving breast cancer patients. However, a dilemma exists concerning the notion of whether this represents a de novo second primary tumor versus a breast metastasis. We analyzed 81 patients with bilateral breast cancer, 47 (58 %) synchronous tumors and 34 (42 %) metachronous tumors. Additionally, charts were reviewed for age, family history,...
The use of preoperative radiotherapy has resulted in significant downstaging and downsizing of tumor, this in turn facilitated resections permitting sphincter preservation and coloanal anastomosis for patients who would otherwise have not been candidates for this type of surgery as concluded by some small studies. On the other hand, other clinical trials have shown that the effect of radiotherapy...
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