Experts have suggested that fewer, larger doses of radiotherapy were just as effective in treating breast cancer patients prompting a relief to them and that they could be spared from unnecessary treatments.

The researchers discovered that a lower overall course of radiotherapy delivered in larger chunks also resulted in fewer skin changes than traditional methods.

Kate Law, director of clinical research at Cancer Research UK, said, “Fewer doses of radiotherapy that are just as effective as the standard treatment and don't increase the side-effects will have a big impact for patients, especially as it means fewer visits to hospital”.

A clinical trial initiated by the research team posted that other side-effects such as hardness, swelling, sensitivity, pain and stiffness were same as among women under the treatment.

The recent statistics reveal that above 45,000 women get engulfed to breast cancer each year in the UK and just less than 12,000 die from the disease.

Experts at the Institute of Cancer Research have reported to initiate two trials to observe if the overall dose could be decreased and given in fewer treatments without affecting the patient's chances of a successful outcome.