Many Breast Cancer Patients Receive More Radiation Therapy Than Needed - NPR

NPRMany Breast Cancer Patients Receive More Radiation Therapy Than NeededNPRBekelman's 2014 study in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, found that women given the longer regimen faced nearly $2,900 more in medical costs in the year after diagnosis. The high rate of overtreatment in breast cancer is ...and more »