Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Linked with Higher Rate of Distant Metastases

According to the results of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, women with early-stage breast cancer that is estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative, and HER2-negative (triple negative breast cancer) are more likely than other women to develop distant metastases. Women with triple negative breast cancer did not, however, have an increased risk of local recurrence. --Click the title of this post to read the full article from its source--

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