Radiation After Surgery Reduces Chance Of Melanoma Returning
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
High-risk melanoma patients who are treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes (19 percent), compared to those patients who do not have radiation therapy (31 percent), according to the first randomized study of its kind.
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