Treatment techniques to reduce cardiac irradiation for breast cancer patients treated with breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy: A review
Thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer each year receive breast conserving surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. For women with left-sided breast cancer, there is risk of potential cardiotoxicity from the radiation therapy. As data has become available to quantify the risk of card...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00327/full |