Breast Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Reduces Skin Side-effects Of Radiotherapy In Early Breast Cancer

Breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) - a technique that delivers radiation equally throughout the breast tissue and avoids radiation ‘hot spots’ in which some areas of the breast receive higher doses than others - reduces the skin side-effects that commonly occur with standard radiation therapy, according to a study in women with early breast cancer.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer on March 15th, 2008