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Breast Cancer
No difference in post-radiation cardiac morbidity in left vs. right breast cancer
December 29th, 2005
With up to 15 years of follow-up data, a recent report determines there were no significant differences in cardiac morbidity after adjuvant radiotherapy for left-versus right-sided breast cancer. According to research from Texas, "Adjuvant breast irradiation has been associated with an increase in cardiac mortality, because left-sided breast radiation can produce cardiac damage. The purpose of this study was to determine whether modern adjuvant radiotherapy is associated with increased risk of cardiac morbidity." Writing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, D.A. Patt and colleagues explained, "Data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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