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Risk of Cardiac Death After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Has Declined, Study Finds
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The risk of ischemic heart disease that is associated with radiotherapy for breast cancer has substantially decreased in the last 25 years, according to a new study in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
In 2002, about 42% of women with breast cancer received adjuvant radiation
therapy after surgery. Adjuvant radiation therapy decreases a woman's