{"id":1570,"date":"2023-03-10T02:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2023-03-10T02:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T02:33:00","slug":"older-women-undergoing-breast-cancer-surgery-may-be-able-to-skip-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1570","title":{"rendered":"Older Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery May Be Able to Skip Radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A new study suggests that for certain women over 65, radiation after breast cancer surgery doesn\u2019t improve overall survival odds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1571\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-4.png 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radiation can have bothersome side effects, and older breast cancer patients who avoid it may have better quality of life.<small>Jamie Grill\/Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For women 65 and older with breast cancer, the odds of survival are nearly identical whether or not surgery is followed by radiation, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa2207586\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">study published February 16 in the&nbsp;<em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 which suggests it may be possible for this group to forgo taxing radiation treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For individuals with early breast cancer, \u201chistorical trials showed that radiotherapy reduced the risk of recurrence within the breast after breast conserving surgery \u2026 by three- to fourfold,\u201d says the lead study author,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.ed.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/ian-kunkler\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Kunkler, MB BChir,<\/a>\u00a0an honorary professor of clinical oncology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/breast-cancer\/older-women-undergoing-breast-cancer-surgery-may-be-able-to-skip-radiation\/\">https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/breast-cancer\/older-women-undergoing-breast-cancer-surgery-may-be-able-to-skip-radiation\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study suggests that for certain women over 65, radiation after breast cancer surgery doesn\u2019t improve overall survival odds. For women 65 and older with breast cancer, the odds of survival are nearly identical whether or not surgery is followed by radiation, according to a&nbsp;study published February 16 in the&nbsp;New England Journal of Medicine&nbsp;\u2014 which suggests it may be possible for this group to forgo taxing radiation treatment. 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