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Breast Cancer
Radiation found useful in breast cancer after surgery
February 10th, 2005
A 20-year follow-up of a breast-cancer treatment trial shows that radiation, given in addition to surgery and chemotherapy, can increase women's survival prospects. The report, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, extends the findings of shorter-term trials. The study analyzed 318 women in British Columbia who were treated for high-risk breast cancer between 1979 and 1986. Following mastectomy and chemotherapy, some of the women were also treated with radiation to the lymph nodes and chest wall. The researchers, led by Joseph Ragaz, MD, of McGill University Health Center in Montreal, found there was a 32%...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-10)
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