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Levonorgestrel IUD May Increase Breast Cancer Relapse Risk in Some Patients
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Title Levonorgestrel IUD May Increase Breast Cancer Relapse Risk in Some Patients
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579638?src=rss
Description Women who develop breast cancer while using a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) and continue to use it may be at slightly higher risk of breast cancer recurrence following treatment, physicians in Belgium report. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Date Aug 28, 2008
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