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Breast Cancer
Radiotherapy increases CVD risk but to lesser degree with improvements
April 6th, 2004
A large study in The Netherlands of breast cancer patients has confirmed that radiotherapy does increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, but it has also provided some reassuring findings that improved techniques mean the risk is less than it used to be. Maartje Hooning, MD, a clinical epidemiologist from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, presented study findings to the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference on March 18, 2004, that were based on following 7,427 early breast cancer patients aged from 17 to 71 for a median period of 14 years. Many were followed for more than 20 years. Hooning's team found that overall cardiovascular death...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)
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