Breast Cancer

Society provides treatment information on breast cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 25th, 2005

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology is offering a free brochure explaining common treatments for the disease include a combination of surgery and radiation therapy.

In the past, the only treatment for breast cancer was the removal of the entire breast (mastectomy). Today, the treatments for most early-stage breast cancer include the less-radical breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation therapy and sometimes chemotherapy.

External beam radiation therapy to the entire breast and partial breast irradiation are the two most common types of radiation therapy used to...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-10-25)

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