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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(5):337; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk126
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Breast Cancer Survivors Experience Long-Term Heart Disease Risk from Radiotherapy

Liz Savage

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301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Women who were treated with radiation for breast cancer during the 1980s may be at an increased risk for heart disease compared with the general population, according to a new study in the March 7 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Despite this increased risk of heart disease, radiation therapy has been previously shown to improve the chances of surviving breast cancer.

Breast cancer patients treated with radiation therapy during the 1970s are thought to have an increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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