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Study: surgery prior to drug treatment not beneficial in metastasized breast cancer

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A study from the Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group indicates that women with metastasized breast cancer do not benefit from surgery performed prior to drug treatment. This could cause a paradigm shift in treatment of the disease.

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