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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.women
Subject: Re: Breast Cancer Treatment.
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Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 16:38:02 EDT
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Summary: 

This months issue of _Scientific_American_ has, in their Science and
the Citizen section a short piece about mastectomy versus lumpectomy.

Generally speaking, it indicates that:
1)	Survival of 80% for lumpectomy vs. 70% for mastectomy (after
	5 years)

2)	Cancer free: 70% lumpectomy, 65% mastectomy in areas affected,
	about even in total body

Only Stage I and/or Stage II.

Interesting stuff!


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Ross M. Greenberg  @ Time Inc, New York 
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I highly doubt that Time Inc.  would make me their spokesperson.
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"I saw _Lassie_. It took me four shows to figure out why the hairy kid
 never spoke. I mean, he could roll over and all that, but did that
 deserve a series?"