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Adjuvant radiotherapy after conservative surgery for breast cancer: is it always necessary?
1Yorkshire Centre for Clinical Oncology, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|June 13, 2003
Abstract:
Breast irradiation is used to reduce the risk of within-breast recurrence following conservative surgery. This review examines factors--particularly patient age--that may be used to select patients at low risk of local failure where radiotherapy may not be necessary.