Older Patients With Breast Cancer Still Overtreated With RT -- Why? Older Patients With Breast Cancer Still Overtreated With RT -- Why?

Surgeons and radiation oncologists frequently overestimate the benefits of radiotherapy (RT) after lumpectomy and thus continue to recommend its use, despite a lack of evidence for a survival benefit or protection against local recurrence.Medscape Medical News
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