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Single Dose Radiation at Time of Surgery Helps Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer Forego 6-7 Week Radiation Regimen

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell First Hospital in NYC to offer Novel Breast Cancer Treatment

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2012 — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is the first and only hospital in the five boroughs of New York City to offer women with early stage breast cancer INTRABEAM radiotherapy, an innovative radiation treatment delivered in a single dose at the time of surgery.

Women with early stage breast cancer often have breast-conserving surgery, otherwise known as a lumpectomy,…

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