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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(11):857-858; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji146
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

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RESPONSE: Re: Ductal Lavage Findings in Women With Known Breast Cancer Undergoing Mastectomy

Seema A. Khan, Ritu Nayar, Elizabeth Wiley, Monica Morrow

Affiliations of authors: Department of Surgery (SAK), Department of Pathology (RN, EW), School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Department of Surgery, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA (MM)

Correspondence to: Seema A. Khan, MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, 675 North Saint Clair St., Galter 13-174, Chicago, IL 60611 (e-mail: skhan@nmff.org).

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The use of ductal lavage for breast cancer surveillance in high-risk women is based on the premises that disease-bearing ducts are more likely to yield fluid than are nondiseased ducts and that, when diseased ducts are lavaged, the histologic abnormalities therein will be reflected in the cytologic sample obtained by lavage. Our findings . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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