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Radiation for breast cancer ups heart disease risk: CLICK HERE FOR MORE
POSTED: 9:27 p.m. EST, March 7, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- As a treatment for breast cancer, radiation, even modern regimens, appears to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Earlier reports have indicated that radiotherapy regimens used in the 1970s elevate heart disease risk, but it has been less clear whether more recent regimens also increase the risk. Apart from the "clear benefits" of radiotherapy, doctors should still be aware of the potentially increased risk of cardiovascular disease following specific radiotherapy regimens in long-term breast cancer survivors, Dr. Flora E. van Leeuwen, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues note in the report.... |
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