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The episode discusses the effectiveness of axillary radiotherapy compared to axillary lymphadenectomy in early breast cancer treatment, featuring insights from Dr. Amparo Garcia-Tejedor.

Axillary Radiotherapy Seems As Effective as Axillary Lymphadenectomy in Sentinel Node Positive Early Breast Cancer, with Less Risk of Lymphedema An interview with: Amparo Garcia-Tejedor MD, PhD, Professor of Gynecology, University of Barcelona, Bellvitge University Hospital, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain. BARCELONA, Spain—Early results from the ADARNAT study have found that using axillary radiotherapy after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery for women with sentinel node positive early breast cancer was as effective removing lymph nodes while bringing a lower risk of lymphedema. These preliminary finding were reported at the 2026 European Breast Cancer Conference by Amparo Garcia-Tejedor MD, PhD, Professor of Gynecology at the University of Barcelona’s Bellvitge Hospital, in Barcelona, Spain. Afterwards she gave more details to our reporter, Peter Goodwin: AUDIO JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY: Amparo Garcia-Tejedor MD, PhD IN: [GOODWIN]”Peter Goodwin here in….. OUT: …..of Oncology, I’m Peter Goodwin 6:36secs EBCC Abstract 7: Axillary radiotherapy as an alternative to axillary dissection for node-positive breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy: two-year…

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