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Model Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer for Young Women Treated for Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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Young women who are treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with chest radiation therapy have a high cumulative absolute risk of developing breast cancer later in life. This risk increases with age at end of follow-up, time since diagnosis, and radiation dose, according to a new study in the October 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer