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Dibrugarh: A research paper on breast cancer treatment, types and challenges in Northeast India has been published in Discover Oncology, a cancer research journal published by Springer Nature.

The study was conducted by Gayatri Gogoi, Professor of Pathology at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, and Adjunct Faculty at ICMR - Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, along with her team.

The research reports biological variations and challenges of breast cancer among women in Assam, who differ in geography, ethnicity, diet and socio-economic-cultural factors compared to other regions of India.

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with different pathological classifications, molecula...