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Incidence of heart disease in 35,000 women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer in Denmark and Sweden

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Breast cancer radiotherapy has, at least until recently, increased the risk of developing ischaemic heart disease, pericarditis and valvular disease and women with ischaemia heart disease before breast cancer diagnosis may have incurred higher risks than others.
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This article is published in Radiotherapy and Oncology.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 402 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Breast cancer & Epidemiology of cancer.

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Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

TL;DR: Exposure of the heart to ionizing radiation during radiotherapy for breast cancer increases the subsequent rate of ischemic heart disease, and the increase is proportional to the mean dose to the heart, begins within a few years after exposure, and continues for at least 20 years.
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ICRP PUBLICATION 118: ICRP Statement on Tissue Reactions and Early and Late Effects of Radiation in Normal Tissues and Organs – Threshold Doses for Tissue Reactions in a Radiation Protection Context

TL;DR: Estimates of ‘practical’ threshold doses for tissue injury defined at the level of 1% incidence are provided and it appears that the rate of dose delivery does not modify the low incidence for reactions manifesting very late after low total doses, particularly for cataracts and circulatory disease.

ICRP statement on tissue reactions and early and late effects of radiation in normal tissues and organs -- threshold doses for tissue reactions in a radiation protection context

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a statement on the early and late effects of ionising radiation in normal tumor and kidney responses to irradiation, as well as some modifications of normal tumor response.
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Cancer Statistics, 2009

TL;DR: The most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival from the American Cancer Society (ACS) is presented in this paper, where the authors compare the three major cancer sites in men (lung, prostate, and colon and rectum [colorectum]) and in two major cancers sites in women (breast and colorectal) over a 15-year period.
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Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

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TL;DR: The 10-year and 15-year effects of various systemic adjuvant therapies on breast cancer recurrence and survival are reported and it is found that the cumulative reduction in mortality is more than twice as big at 15 years as at 5 years after diagnosis.
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Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.

TL;DR: It is found that variations in local treatment that substantially affect the risk of locoregional recurrence could also affect long-term breast cancer mortality, and that avoidance of a local recurrence in the conserved breast is recommended.
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The Danish National Hospital Register. A valuable source of data for modern health sciences.

TL;DR: The Danish National Hospital Register is well suited to contribute to international comparative studies with relevance for evidence-based medicine, and how researchers may get access to the Register is described.
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