Cardiotoxicity of radiotherapy in breast cancer patients

• Authors: Paul McGale , Carolyn Taylor , Sarah Darby
• Languages of publication: EN

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Medical Education
• Journal: OncoReview
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: A91-92

Contributors

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Paul McGale

• Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, UK

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Carolyn Taylor

• Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, UK

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Sarah Darby

• Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, UK

References

• Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group. Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in 17 randomised trials. Lancet 2011; 378(9804): 1707-16.
• Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group. Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials. Lancet 2014; 383(9935): 2127-35.
• McGale P, Darby SC, Hall P et al. Incidence of heart disease in 35,000 women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer in Denmark and Sweden. Radiother Oncol. 2011; 100(2): 167-175.
• Darby SC, Ewertz M, McGale P et al. Ischemic heart disease after breast cancer radiotherapy. N Engl J Med. 2013; 368(26): 2527.

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