ASTRO Provides Treatment Information on Breast Cancer; Options Include Breast-Conserving Surgery Combined with Radiation Therapy

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: October 6, 2005 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) offers a free brochure explaining common treatments for the disease to include a combination of breast- conserving surgery and radiation therapy.

In the past, the only treatment for breast cancer was the removal of the entire breast (mastectomy). Today, the treatments for most early-stage breast cancer include the less-radical breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation therapy and sometimes chemotherapy. External beam ...

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