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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Radiotherapy ‘does not improve breast cancer survival after 30 years’

PA Wire

One of the longest-ever follow up studies of breast cancer patients has found that radiotherapy does not appear to improve survival after 30 years.

Researchers found that radiotherapy with either chemotherapy or the hormone drug tamoxifen after surgery does reduce the risk of the disease returning in the subsequent 10 years.

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