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09-20-2013, 01:50 AM
Results from a 10-year study confirm that giving radiotherapy to women with early breast cancer in a lower overall dose through fewer, higher doses is at least as effective and safe as the current standard of a higher overall dose. The finding comes from the UK Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials, results of which were recently published in The Lancet Oncology...

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karen z
09-20-2013, 03:09 AM
Very interesting news.