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Some Older Women Treated with Hormonal Therapy After Surgery May Be Able to Skip Radiation
A small study suggests that women older than 60 who have surgery to remove a relatively lower-risk type of invasive breast cancer -- luminal A breast cancer -- and who get hormonal therapy after surgery may be able to skip radiation therapy after surgery.
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Cancer Radiation Therapy Linked to Future Cancer Risk, Heart Problems
As the number of cancer survivors tripled in the last 40 years, more survivors have developed heart problems or a new, different cancer likely related to radiation exposure during treatment for the first cancer.
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Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy Linked to Narrowing of Coronary Arteries
A large study found women who'd received radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer were more likely to have narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries compared to women who hadn't received radiation therapy for breast cancer.
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Many Women Treated with Brachytherapy Aren’t Good Candidates
A large study has found that many women treated with brachytherapy were not good candidates for that form of radiation therapy based on the characteristics of the breast cancer with which they were diagnosed.
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OncotypeDx Test Can Help Decide if Radiation Needed After DCIS Surgery
The OncotypeDx test can help doctors decide if women diagnosed with DCIS need radiation therapy.
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Brachytherapy May Not Be as Effective as Whole-Breast Radiation in Reducing Recurrence Risk
Results from a large study suggest that brachytherapy may not be as effective as whole-breast radiation therapy at preventing breast cancer recurrence.
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Radiation After Lumpectomy Offers Long-Term Benefits
A very large study has found that radiation therapy after lumpectomy offers more benefits and keeps offering the benefits much longer after diagnosis than doctors realized.
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Some Women Benefit from Radiation Therapy After Mastectomy
Research suggests that women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer that has spread to one or more underarm lymph nodes can benefit from radiation therapy after mastectomy.
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Side Effects Minimal for One Type of Partial-Breast Radiation
Early results suggest that the number and severity of side effects from 3-D conformal external beam radiation, a type of partial-breast irradiation, are low.
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Giving Chemo and Radiation Therapy at Same Time Offers Same Benefits as Sequential Timing
In a study of women who'd been diagnosed with early breast cancer, local recurrence happened 35% less often in those who were treated with chemotherapy and radiation at the same time rather than sequentially (one after the other).
