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Breast Cancer
Time between surgery and radiotherapy affected local recurrence
September 1st, 2005
Time between surgery and radiotherapy (RT) affected local recurrence (LR) rate. According to recent research from France, "RT after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) has produced significant reductions in ipsilateral breast carcinoma (BC) recurrence. It was shown previously that a delay in the initiation of RT resulted in a higher LR rate." "In the current retrospective analysis, the authors investigated whether the RT-adjuvant therapy sequence modified local-disease-free survival (L-DFS) after BCS in patients with early-stage, lymph node-positive BC," explained M. Benchalal and colleagues, Center Eugene Marquis. "Among 7 French...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-01)
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