Genetics may influence risk for breast cancer after chest radiotherapy to treat childhood cancer
Among females who received radiotherapy to the chest as part of treatment for a childhood cancer, those who had either of two specific...
Apr 19, 2016
Early MRI screening reduces risk of breast cancer death for survivors of childhood HL
Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have confirmed in a screening effectiveness study that early screening with MRIs can...
Mar 2, 2016
Breast cancer risk in childhood cancer survivors
Female survivors of childhood sarcoma or leukemia who did not receive chest radiotherapy are at increased risk of developing breast...
Jan 14, 2016
Childhood cancer treatment could increase risk of breast cancer
In a new study, researchers found that patients receiving chest radiation to treat Wilms tumor - a rare form of childhood kidney cancer -...
Oct 29, 2014
MRI catches breast cancer early in at-risk survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
The largest clinical study to evaluate breast cancer screening of female survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), who are at...
May 29, 2014
How Big the Breast Cancer Risk After Radiation as Child?
Women who survived childhood cancers treated with chest radiotherapy had a breast cancer risk 20 times greater than that of women in the...
Apr 25, 2014
Childhood cancer survivors at risk
Women who received chest radiation to treat a childhood cancer ought to have an annual mammogram, because they are at increased risk of...
Nov 7, 2013
Childhood cancer survivors face high breast cancer risk
Children diagnosed with cancer remain at risk from a variety of serious, long-term complications even years after doctors pronounce them...
Jun 5, 2012