Jefferson Radiation Oncologist's Research Featured in Medscape
A new study presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) found that radiation to the whole breast for early breast cancer does not place women at increased risk for long-term pulmonary toxicity, compared with mastectomy.
This research was published in Medscape and lead author of the study, Dr. Nicole Simone, radiation oncologist at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, explains that the "potential pulmonary toxicity" of radiotherapy is "something that gives women [with breast cancer] pause, especially young patients."
Therefore, the new pulmonary function data from this study is reassuring for breast cancer patients.
Publication: Medscape
Published: 10/7/2011