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Hirntumorarten => Hirnmetastasen => Thema gestartet von: Bluebird am 13. Dezember 2010, 10:04:38

Titel: New risk factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients
Beitrag von: Bluebird am 13. Dezember 2010, 10:04:38

Quelle:


brain_metastases_after_breast_cancer

 (http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/medizin_gesundheit/fox_chase_researchers_uncover_risk_factors_brain_167300.html)

Zitat

Fox Chase researchers uncover new risk factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients
 nächste Meldung  
10.12.2010
Early identification of women at risk might allow preventive therapy and prolong survival
Nearly one-fifth of all metastatic breast cancer patients develop brain metastases and have significantly shorter overall survival than patients who do not have brain involvement. One way to improve the affected patients' survival might be to prevent the brain metastases from arising in the first place.

Bluebird