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Abortion seen not related to breast cancer risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 16 - Induced abortion does not affect the risk of breast cancer, according to findings published in the October issue of the International Journal of Cancer. The researchers examined the role of spontaneous and induced abortion on breast cancer risk among 267,361 women enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition between 1992 and 2000.

October 15, 2006

Researchers take aim at next-generation image-guided surgery systems

By Eric Barnes

Just as virtual guided imaging is beginning to pay off in diagnostics, a group of techno-wizards have taken aim at the next goal: putting powerful, intuitive, real-time image guidance systems into surgeons' hands.

July 16, 2000