Northwestern Medicine physicians are now utilizing a new treatment option for breast cancer that allows women to receive a full dose of radiation therapy during breast conserving surgery, according to ...

Breast cancer is hard enough. Treatment should be quick and easy. That's the thinking of many physicians who have opted to offer MammoSite, a type of radiation that cuts treatment time from several ...

Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer face the difficult decision of whether to have a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy with reconstruction. With the availability of study results ...

An Oct. 19 Health article about Mammosite, a new radiation treatment for breast cancer, listed an incorrect phone number for Holy Cross Hospital, which offers the treatment. The correct number is ...

Discover the latest advancements in breast cancer treatment from leading experts in surgery, radiation and reconstruction. Your world shatters when you hear the words, “You have breast cancer.” You ...

An extra radiation dose after surgery cuts the return chance of breast cancer. Oct. 29, 2007— -- After battling breast cancer and being pronounced free of the illness, women are looking for ...

Abstract PURPOSE: This trial was prompted by uncertainty about the need for breast irradiation after lumpectomy in node-negative women with invasive breast cancers of ≤ 1 cm, by speculation that ...

Many women with breast cancer who undergo a lumpectomy follow that up with endocrine therapy, such as chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. But a new study suggests one of those might not be needed ...

If you have HER2-positive breast cancer, your options for treatment will depend on several factors, such as the stage of cancer (early or metastatic) and the hormone receptor status of the tumor. HER2 ...

Time to Progression in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Epirubicin Is Not Improved by the Addition of Either Cisplatin or Lonidamine: Final Results of a Phase III Study With a Factorial ...