It has been clear for years that a women who has a lumpectomy to treat breast cancer must get a radiation too - otherwise, her risk of dying from the decease increases. But many women skip the treatment, partly because it's so inconvenient. So it was significant when researches finally got proof that a three -week regimen can work just as well for women with early -stage breast cancer as one that lasts five weeks.
Another study last year even suggested that some women might be able to get a single radiation treatment during surgery -and be done with it. "When it comes to cancer, we tend to think that more treatment is better," says Susan Love, MD, breast surgeon and founder of the Dr Susan Love Research Foundation, California. "But that's not what the science is showing."
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