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June 21st, 2007

Radiation-Surgery Combo Offers 1-Step Breast Cancer Treatment

A new way to treat breast cancer is being done at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH).
The procedure is called intraoperative radiation therapy wherein a one-time dose of radiation is delivered during surgery and takes less than an hour and eliminates the need for further radiation treatments.
Using a probe attached to the portable intrabeam radiotherapy machine, a […]

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