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Old 12-11-2011, 02:12 AM   #1
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Mayo Clinic: Obese Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer May Have Worse Outcomes

Obese patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes than patients who are normal weight or overweight, Mayo Clinic researchers found in a study presented today at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. HER2-positive breast cancer gets its name from a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 that promotes cancer cell growth...

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