Estimating the Risks of Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: Evidence From Modern Radiation Doses to the Lungs and Heart and From Previous Randomized Trials

PURPOSE: Radiotherapy reduces the absolute risk of breast cancer mortality by a few percentage points in suitable women but can cause a second cancer or heart disease decades later. We estimated the absolute long-term risks of modern breast cancer radiotherapy. METHODS: First, a systematic literatur...

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Published in:J Clin Oncol
Main Authors: Taylor, Carolyn, Correa, Candace, Duane, Frances K., Aznar, Marianne C., Anderson, Stewart J., Bergh, Jonas, Dodwell, David, Ewertz, Marianne, Gray, Richard, Jagsi, Reshma, Pierce, Lori, Pritchard, Kathleen I., Swain, Sandra, Wang, Zhe, Wang, Yaochen, Whelan, Tim, Peto, Richard, McGale, Paul
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548226/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28319436
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2016.72.0722
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