1. JAYANT S VAIDYA JAYANT S VAIDYA United Kingdom says:

    The MDA study had over 1000 patients treated with with lumpectomy and radiation therapy limited to tissues around the tumour (partial breast irradiation- PBI). With a long follow up (of over 5 years), 96% of the patients did not need a mastectomy- this is an excellent proof of principle for PBI.

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