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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research from Kyoto University, Medical Department described
July 9th, 2009
"Whole breast radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery is sometimes omitted in Japan: however. its impact oil the outcome has not been properly evaluated. A multi-institutional retrospective study was conducted to clarify the impact of RT on local control after breast-conserving therapy (BCT)," investigators in Kyoto, Japan report. "Data were collected from 3576 patients from 37 participating hospitals, of whom 1763 were eligible for analyses. Five hundred and five patients had ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) and 1258 patients did not. Details of IBTR were available for 245 of 505 patients who had IBTR, the location of IBTR was within or...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-07-09)
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