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Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

An accurate and thorough diagnosis is important so that your breast cancer team can develop the best treatment plan for you.

At City of Hope, your care team will utilize the most state-of-the art breast imaging technologies and laboratory techniques to guide your personalized treatment. Some women with breast cancer will need radiation, often in addition to other treatments.

Listen in as Nayana L Vora, MD, discusses radiation therapy for breast cancer and how women can benefit from the various types of radiation that would best suit their type of cancer. 
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Featured Speaker:
Nayana L Vora, MD
Few medical professionals are as well-versed and experienced in all facets of Radiation Oncology as Nayana L. Vora, M.D., For more than three decades, Dr. Vora has been a fixture at City of Hope, where she serves as a Clinical Professor, and Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Vora is a nationally recognized authority on brachytherapy, which uses radioactive “seeds” to target tumors. In addition to her work on breast cancer, she helped develop the City of Hope Prostate Seed Program for localized prostate cancer. 
Dr. Vora has authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and delivered dozens of abstracts and presentations. She serves on numerous committees at City of Hope, as well as national committees.

Learn more about Nayana L. Vora, M.D