Research conducted at the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre in New South Wales, Australia, suggests that follow-up radiation therapy can improve survival rates.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Women who receive the proper amount of radiation therapy following a mastectomy have better survival rates after 10 years, according to a report in the Jan. 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The finding may help resolve the controversy over whether radiation therapy improves survival rates and lowers the risk of recurrence in women with operable breast cancer.
The researchers recommend that post-mastectomy radiation therapy be considered for all patients at high risk.
"The evidence is now strong for survival benefits for both post-mastectomy radiation therapy and post-lumpectomy radiation therapy," they wrote.
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SOURCE: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, news release, Jan. 3, 2006
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