Breast Cancer and the Radiation Oncologist
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Women with breast cancer make up 20 to 25% of new referrals to the Bristol Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre each year. Most come as secondary referrals from surgeons but a small number, often elderly and infirm, or with widespread metastatic disease, will come from physicians or general practitioners. Many patients with breast cancer will ultimately die of their disease, but the time course may be protracted, with a significant number relapsing more than 10 years after diagnosis. This means that patients will be under our care for many years: undergoing primary treatment, coming for follow up, having further radiotherapy or other treatment for their metastatic disease, and finally, coming to
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