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Spare whole brain radiotherapy for lung cancer patients whose tumour has spread to the brain

Whole brain radiotherapy makes little or no difference to survival rates or quality of life in patients with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain, say researchers. 
Posted 27 September 2016 - 14:31
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