Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Delaying post-surgical radiation increases risk of breast cancer recurrence in older women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 18th, 2010

BOSTON--Older women who have had breast cancer surgery have a greater risk of the cancer returning if they delay their post-surgical radiation treatment, report Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists.

The study, which involved more than 18,000 women age 65 and older who had breast cancer, found that those who started radiation treatment more than six weeks after breast-conserving surgery were more likely to have a local recurrence than those whose radiation treatment started within six weeks of surgery. The findings are being published online by the British Medical Journal.

Rinaa Punglia, MD, MPH, a radiation oncologist at Dana-Farber and Brigham...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2010-03-18)

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