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Old 10-14-2010, 11:14 AM   #2
Rich66
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Re: Long-Term Breast Radiotherapy Trials at Odds Over Risk of Second Malignancies

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"Adjuvant radiotherapy significantly decreases the risk of locoregional recurrences," Dr. Arriagada said. "In high-risk patients with positive nodes, it may also decrease the incidence of distant metastases, and then have a positive impact on overall survival."
Well..survival benefit would be pretty good to know. I imagine most patients think they are improving that when they endure the weeks of daily rads.
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