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Adding Radiation Therapy to Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Patients With High-Risk Breast Cancer
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For patients with high-risk breast cancer treated with radical mastectomy
and adjuvant chemotherapy, the addition of radiation therapy leads to better
survival outcomes with few long-term toxic effects, according to a 20-year
follow-up of a randomized trial, which appears in the January 19 issue of the