"Isolated local recurrences in patients with early-stage breast carcinoma carry a moderately good prognosis, not affected by ... The survival of these women was compared to another group of 335 women from the same hospital whose first recurrence of breast cancer was at a distant site, not the breast or mastectomy site.
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Although a recurrence of breast cancer is discouraging, it isn't quite the death sentence it once was, according to researchers from M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. ... Although a recurrence of breast cancer is discouraging, it isn't the death sentence it once was, according to researchers from M. D.
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She was emotionally flooded with disturbing and persistent thoughts of what was to be: thoughts of self, family, friends, job, upcoming treatments, prognosis. ... As she awaited the surgery that would give definitive word about whether the mass on her ovary found in the scans was a recurrence of her breast cancer,
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Explains how breast cancer can recur at any time, includes how to know there is recurrence, factors, prognosis, and treatment. ... home > cancer center > cancer a-z list > breast cancer recurrence index > breast cancer recurrence article ... How will my prognosis affect my treatment?
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home > cancer center > cancer a-z list > breast cancer recurrence index > breast cancer recurrence article > glossary ... Prognosis: 1. The expected course of a disease . 2. The patient's chance of recovery. The prognosis predicts the outcome of a disease and therefore the future for the patient . His prognosis is grim,
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Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of breast cancer. ... Haffty BG, Fischer D, Beinfield M, et al.: Prognosis following local recurrence in the conservatively treated breast cancer patient. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 21 (2): 293-8, 1991.  [PUBMED Abstract];
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Treatment of breast cancer recurrence; The type of treatment for local breast cancer recurrences depends on the woman’s initial treatment. If she had a lumpectomy, local recurrence is usually treated with mastectomy, since radiation therapy cannot be delivered twice to the same area.
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The importance of ipsilateral local recurrence within a conserved breast depends on the micrometastatic environment at the time of initial clinical presentation. In the absence of micrometastases, local recurrence would be a determinant of distant disease; ... As an indicator of poor prognosis, the presence of local...
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BACKGROUND: Oncotype DX is a clinically validated, high-complexity, multianalyte reverse transcription-PCR genomic test that predicts the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence in early-stage, node-negative, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
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What Are the Risk Factors for a Breast Cancer Recurrence? ... Prognostic indicators are characteristics of a patient and her tumor that may help a doctor predict a recurrence of breast cancer. These are some common indicators: ... Checking for Breast Cancer Recurrence...
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