Three-week radiation therapy treatment given post mastectomy is safe and effective

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 18:31 in Health & Medicine

A shorter course of radiation therapy given to breast cancer patients following mastectomy is safe and effective and cuts treatment time in half. That is according to data from a phase II clinical trial by investigators who examined a hypofractionated regimen given over three weeks versus the traditional six week course of treatment.

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