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02-17-2010, 06:40 AM
Breast cancer patients who underwent a conventional three-part assessment (a clinical examination, an x-ray or ultrasound of the breast, and laboratory tests on the tumor) were equally likely as patients who received the three-part assessment plus an MRI scan to require repeat surgery, according to a study published Thursday in the British medical journal Lancet, Reuters reports...

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