Small breast tumors may need more treatment

U.S. researchers said that small breast tumors that seems to be accompanied by cured after surgery, potentially significantly to return again if the type known as "Atchayar -2" positive. The doctor said I am a mother Gonzales Angola from the center of Anderson Medical Cancer Center in Houston, who led the research team, said that women who suffer from these types of tumors may need additional treatment with drugs such as "Herceptin", pointing out that doctors usually do not treat small tumors with the drug . According to the study, 23% of the patients who suffer from this type of tumor the size of one centimeter or smaller, suffered from tumors come back after surgery. The study included more than 1,300 women in the period between 1990 and 2003.

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