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Cardiac Death After Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer
Previously, it has been noted that breast cancer patients who receive adjuvant radiation have an increased risk of death from ischemic heart disease. In addition, patients with left-sided breast tumors receive a higher dose of radiation to the heart than patients with right-sided tumors. Because radiation techniques have changed in the last few decades, Giordano et al. (p. 419) investigated whether the risk of death from ischemic heart disease after adjuvant breast radiotherapy has decreased over time by comparing ischemic heart disease mortality among patients with left- versus right-sided breast tumors. They found that, for
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