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Every four local recurrences avoided,
one dead by breast cancer is avoided
at 15 years
Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery
for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an
overview of the randomised trials
Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG)*
Lancet 2005; 366:2087-2106
The goal of the radiation after breast
conserving surgery (BCS) is to avoid local
recurrence
But…