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One-Day Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Feasible
One-Day Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Feasible
S Freeman
20100622
2010 Jul 22
Elsevier Global Medical News
One-Day Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Feasible
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jul 22, S Freeman
PARIS (EGMN) - Confirming a diagnosis of breast cancer in women with suspect lesions is possible to do in just 1 day, and improves patient access to treatment and clinical trials, research has shown.A review of all clinical, pathological, biologic, and imaging data collected over the past 6 years at a specialist breast cancer diagnosis unit shows that three-quarters of women had a confirmed positive or negative result by the end of the day. The median wait time for an exact diagnosis was 15 days...