Abstract
It has been suggested that pediatric patients treated with spinal irradiation may have an elevated risk of breast cancer. Among a cohort of 363 long-term survivors of a pediatric central nervous system tumor or leukemia treated with spinal irradiation, there was little evidence of an increased breast cancer risk.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-216 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Radiotherapy and Oncology |
Volume | 117 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Keywords
- Craniospinal irradiation
- Late effects
- Secondary breast cancer