Risk of second breast cancer in female Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivors: a meta-analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Women treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) have an elevated risk of developing second breast cancer (SBC) compared with the general population. We planned this meta-analysis to quantify the long-term risk of SBC and analyze the contri...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Ezzeldin M, Abouelkhair Khaled M, Kazkaz Ghieth A, Elmasri Osama A, Al-Foheidi Meteb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/197