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Higher BMI May Reduce Chemotherapy Response With Breast Cancer
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Title Higher BMI May Reduce Chemotherapy Response With Breast Cancer
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580414?src=rss
Description New research indicates that overweight patients with operable breast cancer are less likely than their normal weight peers to achieve a complete pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Date Sep 13, 2008
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