Fred Hutchinson researchers find that chest radiation to treat a rare childhood cancer increases patients risk of breast cancer. A new study has found that patients who received chest radiation for Wilms tumor, a rare childhood cancer, face an increased risk of developing breast cancer later in life due to their radiation exposure. Image: Postioning for radiation therapy. Credit: Daniel Sone. More: go.usa.gov/Gh6A
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:24:05 +0000
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