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Jay Harris, MD, on Making Sense of Conflicting Data on Breast Irradiation

2015 ASTRO Annual Meeting

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Jay Harris, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses the difficulty reconciling recent important trials on radiotherapy for breast cancer: The Z11 trial suggested that breast tangents are sufficient, while MA.20 and EORTC studies suggested that full nodal irradiation is beneficial.



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