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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on March 25, 2008
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(7):447; doi:10.1093/jnci/djn114
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Uneven Use of Less Invasive Breast Cancer Staging Test Reported

Liz Savage

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The use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during breast cancer surgery increased substantially from 1998 through 2005, according to an article published online March 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. However, non-white women, older women, and those living in poorer areas of the U.S. were less likely to receive SLNB than their counterparts who are white, younger, or from more affluent areas, respectively.

A key prognostic factor for breast cancer is whether or not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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