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Radiation After Lumpectomy Reduced Mortality, Recurrence Risk


 

Adding radiation therapy after lumpectomy reduced the risk of dying of recurrent breast cancer within 15 years by nearly 4%, Sarah C. Darby, Ph.D., reports.

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