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Breast Cancer
Researchers' work from University of Texas focuses on breast cancer
May 8th, 2008
"Hypothyroidism is a potential complication after radiation therapy (RT) when treatment fields include the thyroid. The authors assessed risk of hypothyroidism in breast cancer patients who were receiving RT to a supraclavicular field, which typically includes a portion of thyroid," scientists writing in the journal Cancer report. "The authors identified 38,255 women (aged > 65) without history of hypothyroidism from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)Medicare cohort diagnosed with stage 0-III breast cancer from 1992-2002 and 111,944 cancer-free controls. The authors compared hypothyroidism incidence among irradiated patients with 4 +...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-08)
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