Pericardial disease after breast cancer radiotherapy
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. Thanks to the modern oncological treatments, disease specific survival has improved throughout the last decades. The number of breast cancer survivors has been increasing, and more and more attention has been paid to the breast cancer treatme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-09-01
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| Series: | Radiology and Oncology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2018-0035 |
| Summary: | Breast cancer is the second most common cancer worldwide. Thanks to the modern oncological treatments, disease specific survival has improved throughout the last decades. The number of breast cancer survivors has been increasing, and more and more attention has been paid to the breast cancer treatment side effects. Whereas there are many data regarding ischemic heart disease after radiotherapy for breast cancer, there is not much data in the literature about the incidence and clinical meaning of pericardial disease after breast cancer radiotherapy. |
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| ISSN: | 1581-3207 |