Breast cancer 'reoperation risk'

13 July 2012
Last updated at 01:17












Surgery to conserve the breast can cause scarring


One in five women with breast cancer who has part of the breast removed, rather than the whole breast, ends up having another operation, a BMJ study suggests.
The reoperation rate increases to one in three for women whose early-stage cancer is difficult to detect.
In England, 58% of

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