Aspecific subgroup of women with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid adjuvant radiation, according to a presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) held in Chicago, Illinois. Women with the luminal A subtype of breast cancer, particularly those older than age 60, had fewer local recurrences at 10 years when treated with tamoxifen alone versus tamoxifen plus radiation therapy in a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial that compared these 2 forms of treatment.
Contemporary treatment options have improved survival in cancer patients, making it more important than ever to focus on quality-of-life issues such as fertility in survivors of childbearing age. The majority of radiologists and medical oncologists appear to appreciate the need for attention to fertility in age-appropriate patients, according to a study published online ahead of print in Practical Radiation Oncology (Gwede C, et al. 2012). Read More ›
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