Patients who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy had higher rates of positive margins and node involvement but were less likely to receive radiation therapy.

Women who want breast reconstruction after mastectomy can undergo a shorter radiation therapy regimen without significantly increasing their risk for complications, according to results of a ...

Hypofractionated radiation therapy after breast cancer surgery significantly reduced risk for adverse events and improved quality of life compared with a conventional radiation therapy schedule ...

Purpose No systematic study has analyzed the changing patterns of use of postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) during the period of information dissemination regarding the benefit of radiation ...

Without radiation, typical recurrence following mastectomy in patients with high-risk disease is 20-30%, said Dr. Khan. “Radiation therapy after mastectomy saves lives.

Recurrence Rates in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Surgical removal of breast cancer may be done with lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery), which is usually followed by radiation therapy.

Beyond reconstruction, Jagsi addressed advancements in selecting patients who may safely omit radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery. Research into breast cancer biology and genomic markers ...

Patients with TNBC and HR+/HER2- breast cancer demonstrated safe treatment with preoperative radiation therapy with Keytruda.

Women with breast cancer who undergo contemporary radiation therapy see little change to left ventricular function in the first 5 years after treatment, according to observational data. At the same ...

Patients assigned to omit regional nodal irradiation received no radiation therapy after mastectomy or received whole-breast irradiation after lumpectomy (a total of 50 Gy in 25 fractions followed ...