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Mortality from cardiovascular disease more than 10 years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: nationwide cohort study of 90 000 Swedish women
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Increased cardiovascular mortality more than 10 years after diagnosis of breast cancer is compatible with radiotherapy causing a substantial hazard During radiotherapy for breast cancer there is often some irradiation of the heart and major blood vessels, which could increase cardiovascular mortality many years later.1–3 The dose of radiation to the heart is generally higher when the left rather than the right breast is affected. Therefore, indirect evidence on the magnitude of any risk is available where the tumour laterality (left or right breast) can be linked to subsequent cardiovascular mortality. 1 2 Studies of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan who received single doses to the whole body of 0–4 Gy show that the cardiovascular disease risk is dose related and increases by about 14% per gray.4 View this table: Mortality ratio for women with left sided breast cancer versus women with right sided breast cancer during and after the first 10 …
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Metadata
- Authors
- Darby, S., McGale, P., Peto, R., Granath, F., Hall, P., & Ekbom, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Darby, Sarah
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-02-01
- Volume
- 326
- Issue
- 7383
- Pages
- 256-257
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC140764
- OpenAlex
- W1923402600
- Cited by
- 235
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Keywords
- breast cancer, radiotherapy, cardiovascular mortality, late radiation effects, left-sided breast cancer, radiation dose, cardiovascular disease
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Breast Neoplasms, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Sweden, Cohort Studies, Survival Rate
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