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Mixed Recurrence Outcomes When Radiation Is Added to Excision for DCIS
Mixed Recurrence Outcomes When Radiation Is Added to Excision for DCIS
MG Sullivan
20110409
2011 May 9
Elsevier Global Medical News
Mixed Recurrence Outcomes When Radiation Is Added to Excision for DCIS
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 May 9, MG Sullivan
WASHINGTON (EGMN) - Five years might not be the magic number for a small group of women who are treated for the most curable form of breast cancer: ductal carcinoma in situ.In a prospective study, women who underwent excision plus radiotherapy did have a significantly lower rate of local recurrence than did women who were treated with surgery alone. But among those who had a recurrence, it was almost twice as likely...