Radiotherapy does not improve survival rates in older patients with early breast cancer, a new study has suggested.
Radiotherapy – a treatment where radiation is used to kill cancer cells – alongside breast-conserving surgery and hormone therapy made no difference to the death rates for patients aged 65 or older, the research found.READ MORE:However, it did slightly reduce the likelihood of the cancer recurring, but within the clinically acceptable range of risk.
“Our findings will help clinicians guide older patients on whether this particular aspect of early breast cancer treatment can be omitted in a shared decision-making process, which weighs up all the risks and benefits.” Researchers from University of Edinburgh and the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, conducted a trial called PRIME II with 1,326 patients.
Half of the group were randomly selected to have radiotherapy in addition for three to five weeks after surgery.Researchers found in patients treated without radiotherapy the risk of recurrence of cancer in the treated breast after 10 years was 9.5%, while giving radiotherapy reduced the risk to 0.9%.
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