breast conserving surgery

New Surgical Guidelines Would Reduce Unnecessary Breast Surgeries
Feb 25, 2014
New surgical guidelines announced today by the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have the potential to significantly reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes and ...

Tags: SSO, ASTRO, AIS, Peggy Johnson
BCS Has Been Shown to Reduce The Risk of Breast Cancer (BC) Recurrence
Dec 27, 2013
Radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery (BCS) has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer (BC) recurrence. However, although younger women tend to have more aggressive tumors and have higher risks of recurrence than older ...

Tags: Radiotherapy, breast conserving surgery, breast cancer
Approval From The MHRA Allows Testing of The Technique as a Means to Detect Breast Cancer
Jul 16, 2012
Approval from the MHRA allows testing of the technique as a means to detect breast cancer tissue. THz spots the difference in breast cancer tissue The application of terahertz(THz)spectroscopy to the in vivo detection of cancerous ...

Tags: Infrared scans, vivo THz spectroscopy, breast cancer tissue, MHRA