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New life sciences data have been reported by O. Tetik and co-authors

Published in Hospital Business Week, January 11th, 2009

"Radiation injury to arterial occlusion is a rare and late complication of radiotherapy," scientists writing in the journal Vascular report.

"Numerous adverse reactions may occur secondary to radiation therapy. A well-known side effect is radiation-induced occlusive lesions and the enhancement of normally occurring atherosclerosis," wrote O. Tetik and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "We report a case of symptomatic right iliac and femoral artery occlusion after radiation therapy for carcinoma of the testis."

Tetik and colleagues published their study in Vascular (Occlusive Arterial Disease after Radiotherapy...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-01-11)

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