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Breast Cancer
Stroke risk higher in women with history of breast cancer
April 19th, 2005
Women with a history of breast cancer have a higher risk of stroke, report oncologists in Sweden. G. Nilsson and colleagues, University of Uppsala Hospital, wrote, "Meta-analyses have shown an excess of vascular deaths in women with breast cancer given radiotherapy (RT). In women with breast cancer, RT to the supraclavicular lymph nodes gives a substantial radiation dose to the proximal carotid artery. RT is known to increase the risk of carotid stenosis and ischemic stroke in head and neck cancer." According to the researchers' report, "A study base of 25,171 women with breast cancer was defined. A linkage between the study base and the Hospital...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-19)
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