Survival and Risk of Having Cancer Return after Treatment (Recurrence, Relapse) | Susan G. Komen®

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For those who have cancer in one to three nodes, the chance of local recurrence in five years is about 16 percent. Radiation therapy can reduce this risk to about two percent [96]. - See more at: http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/SurvivalandRiskofHavingCancerReturnAfterTreatment.html#sthash.F45rMkGy.dpuf

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