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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Should Brachytherapy Be Used To Treat Breast Cancer?

In traditional radiotherapy an external beam of radiation is used to irradiate the entire breast.

In brachytherapy, a radioactive source is implanted into the breast yielding partial irradiation.

The latter approach is gaining in popularity, but there are pro's and con's.

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