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Paclitaxel Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Not Associated With Serious Radiation Pneumonitis
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Breast cancer patients treated with paclitaxel-based chemotherapy and
radiation therapy do not experience pneumonitisan inflammation of lung
tissuemore often than patients treated with radiation and a
chemotherapy regimen that did not include paclitaxel, according to a new study
that appears in the November 17 issue