Risk of ischemic heart disease after radiotherapy for ductal carcinoma in situ.

Charlotta WadstenA-K WennstigH GarmoGreger NilssonCarl BlomqvistLars HolmbergIrma FredrikssonF WärnbergM Sund

Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2018)

The risk of IHD was lower for women with DCIS allocated to RT compared to non-irradiated women and to the comparison cohort, probably due to patient selection. Comparison of RT by laterality did not show any over-risk for irradiation of the left breast.

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early stage
radiation induced
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case report
squamous cell carcinoma
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