Women with small early breast cancers may have a better chance of survival if they have lumpectomy plus radiation therapy than mastectomy, according to a new analysis due to be published early online in the journal Cancer this week. Although they did not determine why women who had mastectomy had a higher risk of dying, Shelley Hwang of the Duke Cancer Institute in the US, and colleagues, suggest their findings provide confidence in the effectiveness of breast-conserving treatments even in women who have aggressive, early breast cancers...
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