Radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery decreases the risk of ipsilateral breast recurrence (IBTR). Several studies have suggested that there exists a favorable subgroup of patients in ...

I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the ...

Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer face the difficult decision of whether to have a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy with reconstruction. With the availability of study results ...

Many women with breast cancer who undergo a lumpectomy follow that up with endocrine therapy, such as chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. But a new study suggests one of those might not be needed ...

Northwestern Medicine physicians are now utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery, according to ...

Breast cancer is hard enough. Treatment should be quick and easy. That's the thinking of many physicians who have opted to offer MammoSite, a type of radiation that cuts treatment time from several ...

D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Lumpectomy -- also referred to, more precisely, as wide ...

An Oct. 19 Health article about Mammosite, a new radiation treatment for breast cancer, listed an incorrect phone number for Holy Cross Hospital, which offers the treatment. The correct number is ...

To determine whether there is a benefit to adjuvant radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery and tamoxifen in women age ≥ 70 years with early-stage breast cancer. Median follow-up for treated ...