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Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Device Continues to Be Well Tolerated
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Device Continues to Be Well Tolerated
D Brunk
20100309
2010 Apr 9
Elsevier Global Medical News
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Device Continues to Be Well Tolerated
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Apr 9, D Brunk
ST. LOUIS (EGMN) -Accelerated partial breast irradiation using the MammoSite device continues to be well tolerated by patients with ductal carcinoma in situ, results from an ongoing registry trial showed.Superior cosmesis occurred in patients with the greatest device-to-skin distance, and the 5-year actuarial local recurrence rate was 3.39%, Dr. Jacqueline S. Jeruss reported at a symposium sponsored by the Society of Surgical Oncology. "For patients who are candidates for lumpectomy and have DCIS...