Can Concurrent Boost Safely Shorten Breast Cancer Radiation?

Published Date: 19 May 2026

Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive either concurrent radiation dose escalation to the lumpectomy cavity during whole-breast irradiation or sequential boost after whole-breast irradiation.

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