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Breast cancer following spinal irradiation for a childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Journal

RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 2, Pages 213-216

Publisher

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.09.016

Keywords

Craniospinal irradiation; Late effects; Secondary breast cancer

Funding

  1. National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health [R01 CA136783, R01 CA134722, K05 CA160724, U24 CA55727, P30 CA008748]

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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. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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