Northwestern Medicine physicians are now utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery, according to ...

PURPOSE: This trial was prompted by uncertainty about the need for breast irradiation after lumpectomy in node-negative women with invasive breast cancers of ≤ 1 cm, by speculation that tamoxifen (TAM ...

Accelerated partial breast irradiation was designed to be a faster, more convenient, and potentially safer way for many women with breast cancer to reduce their mortality risk and help keep their ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Cancer treatments are always evolving, with new medications and regimens. A trial currently underway here could clear the way for a big change in treating early-stage breast ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radiation given for 22 days after surgery to remove a lump in the breast is just as effective as the standard 35-day course for women whose cancer has not spread to the ...

An Oct. 19 Health article about Mammosite, a new radiation treatment for breast cancer, listed an incorrect phone number for Holy Cross Hospital, which offers the treatment. The correct number is ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Postmenopausal women with genomically low-risk early hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had a low risk of recurrence with endocrine therapy alone after lumpectomy, a ...