New hope for breast cancer patients who already had radiation: One-Time surgery radiation may spare mastectomy

This small study tested giving a single dose of radiation directly to the tumor site during breast-conserving surgery in women with early-stage breast cancer who had already received chest radiation. The goal was to see if this approach could provide good cosmetic results and few complications, offering an alternative to mastectomy. Only 5 women were enrolled before the study was stopped early, so the findings are very limited.