Dense breasts linked to return of breast cancer

By Reuters Health, for National Post

Study looks at treatment and recurrence rates

Test tubes. Source: stock.xchng, photo by thier.

Test tubes. Source: stock.xchng, photo by thier.

Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.

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