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The risk for development of contralateral breast cancer is approximately 0.

Out of this group, 435 patients had no abnormal pathology identified in the opposite breast, 25 patients had contralateral breast cancer identified at surgery, and 82 patients had abnormal cells that indicate a moderate to high-risk for breast cancer development in the contralateral breast found at the time of surgery.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not helpful in differentiating between benign and malignant calcifications, and MRI has specific indications in breast cancer such as the detection of multicentric, multifocal or contralateral breast cancer, or the detection of residual disease.

4) A statistical analysis indicated that pre-treatment sHER2 was of prognostic value for contralateral breast cancer, metastasis-free survival--particularly lung and liver metastases--and overall disease-specific survival.

While tamoxifen reduced the risk of a new tumour appearing in the unaffected breast - contralateral breast cancer - by 50 per cent, anastrozole given alone slashed it by up to 80 per cent.

[dagger]) Including the case of contralateral breast cancer (FISH and IHC negative).

Tamoxifen and risk of contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a case-control study," The Lancet, vol.

1 In postmenopausal women with early breast cancer at a median follow-up of 91 months, switching to AROMASIN after two to three years of tamoxifen, for a total of five years of treatment, was shown to result in a: * 16% reduction in the risk of DFS events, defined as local or distant recurrence of breast cancer, contralateral breast cancer, or death from any cause, compared to staying on tamoxifen for five years (HR=0.