"One-stop" radiotherapy could offer an alternative to lengthy and inconvenient post-surgery procedures for breast cancer

Two new studies, published in The Lancet and The Lancet Oncology, show that targeted radiotherapy delivered during surgery could offer a viable alternative to current procedures - which require women to attend daily radiotherapy sessions for weeks after surgery - for some women undergoing surgery for early breast cancer. Most women who undergo partial mastectomy (lumpectomy) surgery for breast cancer also complete a course of radiotherapy delivered to the whole of the affected breast (called external beam radiotherapy, EBRT)...
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