Women might still need to
undergo chemotherapy or radiation therapy
after their surgery — treatments that are known to reduce the risk of cancer recurring — which could
delay their recovery further.
«We can not rule out that a fraction of our patients who met these criteria might have benefitted from
delayed stent placement, especially because we found a small improvement in heart - muscle function 18 months
after treatment among patients who
underwent deferred stenting,» Kelbaek said.