Increased cardiovascular mortality more than fifteen years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: a population-based study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Breast radiotherapy as practised in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in significant myocardial exposure, and this was higher when the left breast was treated. It has been proposed that this difference might result in greater cardiovascul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/9 |