The Association Between Cardiac Mortality and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Among Older Patients With Stage I Estrogen Positive Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)–Based Study on Cardiac Mortality and Radiation Therapy

The Association Between Cardiac Mortality and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Among Older Patients With Stage I Estrogen Positive Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)–Based Study on Cardiac Mortality and Radiation Therapy

Purpose: We evaluated the risk of cardiac mortality in older patients who receive adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) for stage I breast cancer to determine whether this risk persists in the modern era. Methods and Materials: Using the 2000 to 2015 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program dat...

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Main Authors: Rachel B. Jimenez, MD, Stephanie M. Wong, MD, Andrew Johnson, BS, Nafisha Lalani, MD, MPH, Kevin S. Hughes, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109420303638

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