High Risk of Breast Carcinoma after Irradiation of Young Women with Hodgkin's Disease

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Cancer, "Background: Treatment-associated second neoplasms have emerged as a major threat to the continued survival of patients cured of Hodgkin's disease. In this study, the authors investigated the risk of breast carcinoma in an irradiated Hodgkin's disease population. Methods: One hundred and eleven women younger than 60 years presenting between 1964 and 1984 with Stage I and II Hodgkin's disease who received mantle irradiation were retrospectively analyzed and compared with an age specific population. Median follow-up was 18 years (range, 10-30 years), and the median age at initiation of therapy was 24...

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