Wednesday, July 01, 2009 laurel asks

Q: which is better whole or- partial radiation external beam

another concern is the difference between partial breast radiation vs whole for reoccurance in that breast. i don't know where to find the data for this comparing pbrt & wbrt using only external beam data. i 'm not a canidatw for mammosite or brach...

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PJ Hamel, Health Guide

7/ 1/09 8:00am

Laurel, I wouldn't know where to get this data, either, other than trying to Google results. However, your radiation oncologist would definitely have access to the data - best to ask him/her. Good luck - PJH

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