Former NFL back Chris Johnson was diagnosed with ALS at 39 and now speaks through an eye-controlled device. What early symptoms look like. Conor Benn faces the scale on Friday before his Las Vegas ...

TARGIT-IORT is a single dose of targeted radiation delivered from inside the breast during surgery immediately following the removal of the tumor while the patient remains asleep. SACRAMENTO, Calif., ...

Oct. 22, 2002 — Breasts with cancers no larger than 1 cm should be treated with radiation therapy after lumpectomy, according to results of a randomized trial reported in the Oct. 15 issue of the ...

Patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are often treated with radiation after lumpectomy, although it has remained unclear whether this can reduce the risk of dying from this noninvasive form ...

(HealthDay)—Treatment with lumpectomy and radiotherapy is associated with a reduction in breast cancer mortality versus lumpectomy or mastectomy alone among patients with ductal carcinoma in situ ...

Whole breast radiation and partial breast radiation following a lumpectomy yield similar cosmetic outcomes for women diagnosed with early stages of cancer who wish to preserve their breasts. Findings ...

Molecular and genomic predictors of response to single-agent doxorubicin (ADR) versus single-agent docetaxel (DOC) in primary breast cancer (PBC). Background: In women 70 years of age or older with ...

Whole breast radiation and partial breast radiation following a lumpectomy yield similar cosmetic outcomes for women diagnosed with early stages of cancer who wish to preserve their breasts. Findings ...

Older women treated with tamoxifen after removal of early-stage breast cancer by lumpectomy may safely be able to avoid radiation therapy and its unpleasant side effects. In the Sept. 2 New England ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If youve been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first decisions you may face is which type of surgery to have. The ...

Background: A 57-year-old woman who received treatment with mantle irradiation and systemic chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed at the age of 42 underwent screening mammography, which ...

Bottom Line: Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal carcinoma ...