View Single Post
Old 03-06-2012, 03:07 AM   #1
News
Senior Member
 
News's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 20,143
Despite Evidence Of Little Benefit, Radiation Still Used In Some Older Breast Cancer

Even though a large clinical study demonstrated that radiation has limited benefit in treating breast cancer in some older women, there was little change in the use of radiation among older women in the Medicare program, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the March Journal of Clinical Oncology. "We were surprised by these results," said lead author Cary P. Gross, M.D...

More...
News is offline   Reply With Quote