Breast cancer
Results
Phase 3
This trial looked at whether older women with breast cancer need to have radiotherapy after their surgery.
Women could join the trial between 2003 and 2009. The team first published the results in 2015. They published longer term results in 2023.
Recruitment start: 16 April 2003
Recruitment end: 22 December 2009
Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.
Professor Ian Kunkler
Professor Robin Prescott
Chief Scientist Office (CSO)
Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Lothian Health Board
NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer
Scottish Government
The Breast Cancer Institute
University of Edinburgh
Last reviewed: 30 Jan 2026
CRUK internal database number: 49
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