Study: Half of Women With Early-stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Chemotherapy

A new study has found that women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer don’t always need chemotherapy. Even though chemotherapy drugs have harsh side effects, many women with small or early-stage tumors receive treatment after surgery because doctors think there is a high risk the cancer will return and spread. But based on the findings of a multi-center European study, researchers have concluded that 46 percent of women thought to have early high-risk tumors did not need drug...

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