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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

External Radiation Therapy No Benefit in Early Endometrial Cancer

A recent clinical study reported in the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting has found that external radiation therapy done right after surgery do not show any benefit to patients in extending sutvival or reducing risk of recurrence.

This study, done on women with stage I endometrial cancer involves 906 women who are seperated into 2 study group. They were followed up for everage of 4 years and those who recieved external radiation therapy after surgery do not show any difference in overall or recurrence free survival rate.

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