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Benefit in Radiation After Breast-Conserving Surgery

Posted Date: October 21, 2011

Radiation treatment after surgery for breast cancer significantly lowers the risk that the disease will recur in the breast or spread lethally to other parts of the body over the next 10 to 15 years, researchers say.

Radiation treatment after surgery for breast cancer significantly lowers the risk that the disease will recur in the breast or spread lethally to other parts of the body over the next 10 to 15 years, researchers say. Denise Grady of the New York Times explores new findings supporting the role for radiation following breast cancer treatment with lumpectomy.

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