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"Specialists hail cancer treatment results"

Source: The Australian

Published: 06 Jun 2010

Category: Other

Rating: (4½ stars)

Keywords: breast, cancer, radiation, therapy, single, dose, radiotherapy

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CANCER specialists have welcomed the much anticipated results of a decade-long trial of a treatment for early breast cancer that cuts a six-week course of tumour-destroying radiation to a single half-hour session.

The original article can be found at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/specialists-hail-cancer-treatment-results/story-e6frg8y6-1225876456993

how did it rate? (more information)

Criteria	Rating
Total Score	8 of 9
Novelty of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Availability of Treatment	Not Satisfactory (?)
Treatment Options	Satisfactory (?)
Disease Mongering	Satisfactory (?)
Evidence	Satisfactory (?)
Quantification of Benefits of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Harms of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Costs of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Sources of Information	Satisfactory (?)
Relies on Press Release	Not Applicable

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Overall this is a comprehensive well written report of an exciting finding.

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