Damian Dovarganes/Associated PressThe panel said that some premalignant conditions found in mammograms should not be identified as “carcinoma.”
A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer research institution has recommended changing the definition of cancer and eliminating the word from some common diagnoses as part of sweeping changes in the nation’s approach to cancer detection and treatment.
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