Single-Dose Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Is Effective

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A large, 10-year, randomized clinical trial - called TARGIT-A - has revealed promising results for the broadening use of a shorter and easier radiation therapy method for patients with breast cancer. The study revealed that a single radiation dose during surgery (IORT = infra-operative radiotherapy) is at least as effective as longer post-operative treatments. In TARGIT (targeted intraoperative radiotherapy) for breast cancer, the radiation therapy is confined to the area of the breast where the tumor has been removed...


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