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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at University of Florence has updated our knowledge about breast cancer
March 5th, 2009
In this recent article published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, scientists in Florence, Italy conducted a study "To analyze the relationship between a delay in radiotherapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery and ipsilateral breast recurrence (BR). We included in our analysis 4,820 breast cancer patients who had undergone postoperative RT at the University of Florence." "The patients were categorized into four groups according to the interval between surgery and RT (T1, < 60 days; T2, 61-120 days; T3, 121-180 days; and T4, > 180 days). On multivariate analysis, the timing of RT did not reach statistical significance in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)
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