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Breast Cancer
Studies in the area of breast cancer reported from Royal Marsden Hospital
May 1st, 2008
According to a study from Sutton, the United Kingdom, " The international standard radiotherapy schedule for early breast cancer delivers 50 Gy in 25 fractions of 2. 0 Gy over 5 weeks, but there is a long history of non-standard regimens delivering a lower total dose using fewer, larger fractions (hypofractionation). We aimed to test the benefits of radiotherapy schedules using fraction sizes larger than 2 - 0 Gy in terms of local-regional tumour control, normal tissue responses, quality of life, and economic consequences in women prescribed post-operative radiotherapy." " Between 1999 and 2001, 2215 women with early breast cancer (pT1-3a pN0-1 M0) at 23 centres in the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-01)
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