Brachytherapy Doubles Mastectomy Risk And Complications
 

A breast cancer patient who undergoes brachytherapy has double the chance of losing her breasts compared to one who is treated with whole-breast irradiation, researchers from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, explained at SABCS (34th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium). Brachytherapy is radiation treatment given by placing radioactive material directly in (or near) the target...

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