Select Patients With Breast Cancer May Skip RT After Lumpectomy - Medscape

Older patients with low-grade, luminal A-type breast cancer may only need endocrine therapy following breast-conserving surgery and could avoid radiation therapy entirely.

Based on biomarker findings, some patients may be able to avoid radiation therapy following breast-conserving surgery, suggest results from the LUMINA trial. The women in this trial who skipped radi… [+8658 chars]

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