Accelerated Partial Breast Radiotherapy.

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Accelerated Partial Breast Radiotherapy, in which a radioactive seed is placed within the breast using a catheter, could become me operative method of postlumpectomy cancer treatment, Conventional, external radiotherapy can take as long as seven weeks and involve up to 35 clinical sessions. However, a lower energy isotope, Ytterbium-169, can be placed in an...