Re: Cancer myth or not


"Terri" <terrisk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dr. McCollister, I have found the citation in question.
>
>
> Needle biopsy linked to breast cancer spread
>
> Last Updated: 2004-06-24 13:59:52 -0400 (Reuters Health)
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having breast cancer tissue sampled with a
> needle seems to increase the odds that disease will also be found in an
> armpit lymph node called the sentinel node, new research suggests.
>
> The spread of breast cancer to the sentinel node adversely affects a
> woman's survival and influences the treatment received.
>
> As reported in the Archives of Surgery, Dr. Nora M. Hansen of the John
> Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica,
> California hypothesized that the method used to obtain specimens from
> the breast tumor might influence the spread of cancer to the sentinel
> node.
>
> To investigate, the researchers studied 663 women with proven breast
> cancer. Of the cancers, about half were biopsied with a needle, while
> the remainder involved actual removal of the tumor.
>
> Woman who had a needle biopsy were about 50 percent more likely to have
> cancer in the sentinel node than women who underwent tumor removal.
>
> The researchers suggest that the increased risk of sentinel node
> disease may be "due in part to the mechanical disruption of the tumor
> by the needle," and they call for further studies to confirm these
> findings.
>
> SOURCE: Archives of Surgery, June 2004.
>
> I'm sure that you have access to the journal in question and so to the
> full text article. Would you care to comment on it?
>

Very interesting. Thanks for the reference. I will download it look it over.
I remember the article, but I'm not sure it has any relevance to the ability
to cure the cancer. What would be more interesting is to know the results of
the formal axillary dissection that took place after the positive sentinal
node was found. I'm impressed that you were able to dig up the article and I
appreciate the effort.

HMc



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