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Breast Cancer More Lethal in Men


 

FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREAST SURGEONS

The surgery for male breast cancer is almost always total mastectomy, he noted, and there is evidence that sentinel lymph node biopsy works for male breast cancer as well as in female breast cancer.

This study was funded in part by Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. None of the authors have any conflicts of interest or financial disclosures.

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