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Lani · 09-04-2006, 07:12 PM

Figures for local recurrence with Breast conserving therapy with radiation therapy vs without usually quote a 40% decrease--but the absolute recurrence rates are only around 3-7% or so, as I recall.

I think their quoted recurrence rates were so low because their sample sizes were small.

09-04-2006, 07:12 PM	#3
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,783	No these numbers are not unexpected as local recurrence is not the problem in general Figures for local recurrence with Breast conserving therapy with radiation therapy vs without usually quote a 40% decrease--but the absolute recurrence rates are only around 3-7% or so, as I recall. I think their quoted recurrence rates were so low because their sample sizes were small.