Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

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Authors

Timothy J. Whelan · Juravinski Cancer Centre

Jean‐Philippe Pignol

Mark N. Levine · McMaster University

Jim A. Julian · McMaster University

Robert G. MacKenzie

Sameer Parpia · McMaster University

Wendy Shelley

L. Grimard · Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

Abstract

Ten years after treatment, accelerated, hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation was not inferior to standard radiation treatment in women who had undergone breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer with clear surgical margins and negative axillary nodes. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00156052.)

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Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Breast Implant and Reconstruction

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue 6, pp. 513-520

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0906260

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Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

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