Breast cancer:Whole is better than the part
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 9,370 (2012).
doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.97
Author:Lisa Hutchinson
In women over the age of 65,the use of brachytherapy—delivery of radiation as an implanted source—following lumpectomy has increased substantially. This increase is because of the advantages of irradiating less breast tissue compared with whole-breast irradiation (WBI),as well as the reduced treatment timeframe
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