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

At this time RT following BCS remains the standard of care for most patients. Current tools, including prognostic scores and tumor genetics, have failed to identify a cohort for whom RT confers no benefit with respect to invasive recurrences.

Source: CancerNetwork - August 15, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Camille Berriochoa, MD Carisa Bohnak, BS Chirag Shah, MD Nicole Chahine, BS Tags: Breast Cancer Oncology Journal Source Type: news