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Article: Newer radiotherapy Txs linked to less CV risk.(Gynecology)
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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SAN ANTONIO -- The considerable excess in cardiovascular mortality caused by older radiotherapy regimens for breast cancer appears to be greatly diminished with more modern ones, Sarah C. Darby, Ph.D., reported at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the Cancer Therapy and Research Center.
This was the principal conclusion of her analysis of nearly 309,000 cases of early breast cancer enrolled in the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry in 1973-2001.
A total of 37% of the SEER population received radiotherapy.
Heart disease was the leading cause of death in radiotherapy-treated patients; however, a ...
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