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" Concentrated bouts of radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer could work out better for patients, a new study has suggested.  A team of researchers in the Cancer Research UK trial found that 13 sessions of stronger treatment gave the same degree of protection against recurrence of breast cancer as 25 standard sessions.  Both had similar levels of side-effects on the 1,410 women who took part, but it meant that those with the concentrated treatment needed to travel less often.  Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said of the study, published in the Lancet Oncology journal: &amp;quot;This was an extremely important early trial.  &amp;quot;If these results are confirmed in the larger follow-up studies, it could mean better outcomes with less hospital visits for patients and therefore an improvement in their quality of life.&amp;quot;  At present, women undergoing radiotherapy must go for treatment every weekday for five weeks which costs time and money to patients and hospitals.  Instead, the same benefits could be gained in 13 sessions and while treatment would still last five weeks, it would necessitate only half as many visits.  Although the research suggests that stronger treatments are just as effective as current practice, lead researcher Professor John Yarnold said that he would like to conduct a follow up study to confirm this. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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