Doctors use the information in the pathology report to work out how likely it is that breast cancer will come back or spread to other parts of the body.
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What makes breast cancer more likely to come back or spread?
Early breast cancer can be treated successfully. For most women, breast cancer will not come back or spread after treatment.Sometimes breast cancer is found later in the same breast or in other parts of the body. Everyone is different and there is no way of telling for sure whether breast cancer will or will not come back.
Last Updated on Sunday, 26 July 2009 18:23
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