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Cancer Therapy
Radiation therapy improves survival among women with early endometrial adenocarcinoma
March 16th, 2006
A recent study reveals a significant association between improved overall and relative survival and adjuvant radiation therapy in stage IA-C node-negative endometrial adenocarcinoma. According to a report from the University of Utah, "The benefit of adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) in stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma remains controversial despite several phase 3 trials. [Our objective was] to evaluate the frequency and effect of adjuvant RT on overall and relative survival within a large US population database." C.M. Lee and colleagues conducted "a retrospective analysis that used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-16)
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