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Breast cancer following irradiation of the breast
Author(s) -
Baral Edward,
Larsson LarsEric,
Mattsson Britta
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197712)40:6<2905::aid-cncr2820400621>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer , irradiation , ionizing radiation , incidence (geometry) , radiation therapy , gynecology , oncology , optics , physics , nuclear physics
During the period 1927‐1957 1,115 women were treated at Radiumhemmet, Sweden with ionizing radiation for different non‐neoplastic conditions of the breast. The average follow‐up period was 31.5 years. The number of breast cancers occurring after irradiation was found to be four times the expected number and the breast cancer incidence rate in the irradiated breasts is dependent on the age of the patient at the first irradiation. Cancer 40:2905‐2910, 1977.