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For some older women, radiation unnecessary after cancer surgery

Study: No radiation after surgery ok for certain breast cancer patients By Miriam Falco  Paging Dr. Gupta –  CNN Medical News  May 20, 2010, Older breast cancer patients who have their small tumors surgically removed get little benefit from radiation treatment, according to a study released Thursday by the American Society of Clinical Oncologists. Researchers followed 636 women with early stage estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, which is fairly common in older women. according to ASCO president Dr. Douglas Blaney…………”Avoiding radiation is feasible,” study author Dr. Kevin Hughes concludes based on the results.

The impact of these study results could be quite dramatic for breast cancer patients.

Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, believes the results of this study “will be practice changing,” meaning that it is likely to become the standard treatment for some of these patients.

Study: No radiation after surgery ok for certain breast cancer patients – Paging Dr. Gupta – CNN.com Blogs

May 21, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | antinuclear, cancer, radiation, radioactive