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Radiotherapy is a local treatment modality employed in breast cancer to reduce local recurrence following surgery. The observed association of optimal local control with improved survival was not expected in a disease characterized by early systemic spread. The underlying mechanisms whereby the application of ionizing radiation to the primary tumor site can have systemic effects remain unclear and are the subject of much debate. Here we discuss the hypothesis that radiotherapy has unique biological effects and, in addition to killing residual neoplastic cells after surgery is performed, it might favorably alter the microenvironment at the primary tumor site during the process of wound healing and the development of anti-tumor immune responses.

The CTRC-AACR San Antonio breast cancer Symposium features the latest findings in laboratory, translational and clinical breast cancer research. This year's meeting focuses on new and promising therapeutic approaches, as well as strides being made in diagnosing and preventing breast cancer.

Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. is proud to announce that the Aurora® 1.5Tesla Dedicated breast MRI System has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AuroraSPECTROSCOPYT, the company's breast magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy package. The availability of AuroraSPECTROSCOPY will provide Aurora Breast MRI the capability to perform in vivo breast MR spectroscopy (MRS) and MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI).

It is "not right to scare people, but it's also not right to leave them in the dark about an important debate going on in the medical community," Gilbert Welch -- a researcher at the Department of Veterans Affairs and professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute and the Dartmouth Medical School -- writes in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece.

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