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Fewer, bigger doses of radiotherapy benefit cancer patients

SABCS 2012

Published: 6 Dec 2012

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Prof John Yarnold - Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, UK

A lower total dose of radiotherapy, delivered in fewer, larger treatments, is as safe and effective at treating early breast cancer as the international standard dose, according to the 10-year follow-up results of a major Cancer Research UK trial presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The conference report of this meeting is available to read for free in ecancermedicalscience.

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