Radiation Therapy - Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) destroys any remaining breast cancer cells in the breast, chest wall, or axilla (underarm) area after surgery.
At Artemis we offer patients who undergo breast conserving surgery the possibility of a reverse boost, herein very thin multiple wires are passed through the area of the lump removal and patient gets radiation therapy the exact place where the tumor originated, this is coupled later with conventional radiation and has the advantage of
Decreasing total radiation time
Lowering the risk of recurrence by accurate delivery of radiation
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