MammoSite presents new treatment for breast cancer

By Liz McGathey, mckinney courier-gazette

The best news there is in the fight against breast cancer today is that most patients are now diagnosed in the early stage, thanks to increased awareness and early detection through routine mammograms. Not only do women diagnosed with early-stage cancer tend to receive positive prognoses, but they are also eligible for minimally-invasive, less time-consuming treatment options.

One of those options is MammoSite, a five-day targeted radiation therapy that is the most widely-used form of a new therapeutic category called accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI), meaning that radiation is delivered directly to the area directly surrounding the removed tumor, rather than the whole breast. With APBI, radiation treatment can be completed in just five days, rather than the traditional six weeks.

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