Surgical Techniques


Highly Targeted Irradiation Works as Well as Whole Breast Radiotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer
Hungarian researchers have revealed that by using a concentrated, highly targeted dose of radiation to the breast has equally good results as irradiating the whole area, with no adverse effects on survival and a much better cosmetic outcome. More...05 Jun 2012


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