Study Shows Women With Breast Cancer Treated With Radiotherapy Using Tangential Fields Have Increased Risk Of Developing Cancer In The Other Breast

Women with breast cancer treated with radiotherapy using tangential fields - where radiation is directed at an angle to the breast - after lumpectomy show increased risk of breast cancer in the other breast, with an even higher risk in younger women and in those with family members who have had breast cancer, warns a study.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer on November 7th, 2008