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Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

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Inside Health: Multi-morbidity, one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for early stage breast cancer

05/07/2016

Multi-morbidity, one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for early stage breast cancer

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Multi-morbidity, one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for early stage breast cancer

David Haslam, chair of NICE, on managing the millions of people on 5 or more drugs a day.

David Haslam, chair of NICE, talks to Mark Porter about managing the millions of people on five or more drugs a day. Plus one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for breast cancer.

David Haslam, chair of NICE, discusses with Mark Porter how doctors should treat patients with 'multi-morbidity', the millions of people receiving many different drugs for many different conditions. There's plenty of trial data for starting treatments, but a dearth of evidence for stopping them! 

And one-shot radiotherapy during surgery for breast cancer may help 20,000 women in the UK. Rather than daily hospital visits for radiotherapy over 5 weeks, a dose is given straight to the open wound during the operation. It is quicker, cheaper and much more convenient, so why isn't it more widely available?

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