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Hypoxia does not predict lack of benefit from adjuvant radiotherapy for patients with early stage breast cancer

BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER (2022)

Breast cancer hypoxia in relation to prognosis and benefit from radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in a large, randomised trial with long-term follow-up

Julia Tutzauer et al.

Summary: This study found that postoperative radiotherapy still benefits patients with hypoxic primary breast tumors. However, compared to patients with HIF-1 alpha-negative tumors, patients with HIF-1 alpha-positive tumors had a higher risk of recurrence and breast cancer death.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER (2022)

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