Director's Comments: Use of Short Term Radiation Therapy

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Use of Short Term Radiation Therapy. The transcript is also available. Short term radiation treatment (following breast cancer lumpectomies) is increasing for women but most patients receive post-surgical radiation that may be twice as long as necessary, finds a comprehensive study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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