What The Study Did: Researchers compared long-term quality-of-life outcomes in 647 women with breast cancer after treatment with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy versus mastectomy and reconstruction without radiation therapy.
Authors: Benjamin D. Smith, M.D., of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.0631)
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