Items Tagged ‘breast tissue’

October 6, 2009

Mayo study links breast tissue structures and cancer risk

By Kelley Luckstein

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that certain structural features within breast tissue can indicate a woman’s individual cancer risk. The findings are in the new issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.   The study shows that the small milk-producing elements in breast tissue can be counted in sample biopsies.   Oncologist Lynn Hartmann says […]

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Tags: Breast Cancer, breast tissue