Breast conserving therapy shows survival benefit compared to mastectomy in early-stage patients with hormone receptor positive disease

Friday, September 5, 2014 - 00:32 in Health & Medicine

When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving therapy (BCT) may offer a greater survival benefit over mastectomy to women with early stage, hormone-receptor positive disease, according to research.

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