COUNTERPOINT: Should Radiation Therapy After Surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Be Standard Practice?

To universally recommend breast irradiation for all women after excision of DCIS lesions ignores information now available to us that can spare the majority of women with DCIS the downsides of RT, but be applied in the treatment of DCIS patients at greater risk for invasive disease.

Source: CancerNetwork - August 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: William C. Wood, MD Tags: Breast Cancer Oncology Journal Source Type: news