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Mom has had a world of difference GI-wise since maxing out on florastor.

And there's this in my e-mail today:

Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery Reduces Mortality/journals/journal_scans/Effect_of_Radiotherapy_After_Breast_Conserving_Sur gery_on_10_Year_Recurrence_and_15_Year_Breast_Canc er_Death.html/journals/journal_scans/Effect_of_Radiotherapy_After_Breast_Conserving_Sur gery_on_10_Year_Recurrence_and_15_Year_Breast_Canc er_Death.htmltcm:8-272965-64Effect of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery on 10-Year Recurrence and 15-Year Breast Cancer Death: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data for 10, 801 Women in 17 Randomised TrialsEffect of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery on 10-Year Recurrence and 15-Year Breast Cancer Death: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data for 10, 801 Women in 17 Randomised Trials20111128Effect of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery on 10-Year Recurrence and 15-Year Breast Cancer Death: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data for 10, 801 Women in 17 Randomised TrialsRadiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery Reduces MortalityS Darby, P McGale, C Correa, R Peto, et alS Darby, P McGale, C Correa, R Peto, et al201111122011 Nov 12LancetLancetBreastTreatmentThis large meta-analysis showed that radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery not only substantially reduces the risk of recurrence but also moderately reduces the risk of death from breast cancer Background: After breast-conserving surgery, radiotherapy reduces recurrence and breast cancer death, but it may do so more for some groups of women than for others. We describe the absolute magnitude of these reductions according to various prognostic and other patient characteristics, and relate the absolute reduction in 15-year risk of breast cancer death to the absolute reduction in 10-year recurrence risk.Methods: We undertook a meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in... Background: After breast-conserving surgery, radiotherapy reduces recurrence and breast cancer death, but it may do so more for some groups of women than for others. We describe the absolute magnitude of these reductions according to various prognostic and other patient characteristics, and relatJournal Scans20