Thousands of breast cancer patients will benefit from more convenient 20-minute one-off dose of radiotherapy after the [b]UK’s National Health Service[/b] drugs rationing body approved a new technique. [s]The Daily Telegraph[/s] reports that [b]Intrabeam[/b] radiotherapy allows a one-off low-dose to be delivered directly into the wound area during surgery avoiding the need for repeat visits to hospital for radiotherapy in the following weeks. It is thought that the new treatment is as successful as traditional radiotherapy but the [b]National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice)[/b] said women should be warned that their cancer may be more likely to return following Intrabeam. Draft guidance from Nice said that women should be given the choice of having Intrabeam once they have been told of the pros and cons.
[link url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10987958/Breast-cancer-patients-to-get-new-quick-radiotherapy-treatment.html]Full report in The Daily Telegraph[/link]