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News 03-23-2012 02:30 AM

5 Years Later, Radiotherapy For DCIS Still Protects Against Recurrence
 
Radiotherapy treatment (RT) after surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) [1] still has a major protective effect against recurrence more than 15 years later, according to the results of an international trial. Researchers found that the use of RT in addition to surgery could reduce the chances of a local recurrence (the cancer coming back in the same breast) by 50%...

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