Breast Reduction Surgery May Reveal Early Breast Cancer Risk
27th Sep 2005, 00:26 GMT
According to a presentation at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Plastic Surgery 2005 conference in Chicago, examination of the excess breast tissue removed when women undergo breast-reduction surgery can sometimes reveal abnormal tissue that may indicate a cancer risk. Researchers reviewed the records of 300 women who had undergone breast reduction surgery between 1991 and 1999 at BayState Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Tissue specimens were sent to a pathology lab for examination. Thirty-six (12 percent) of the patients, ages ranging from 16 to 73 years, had abnormal pathology results indicating increased risk of developing breast cancer. Twenty-six were low-risk lesions, but the other ten had lesions that were moderate or high risk. Two of these ten patients were younger than 40. The society's announcement of the findings available here. Read Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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