- Apr 19, 2016
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...
- Mar 2, 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...
- Jan 14, 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...
- Oct 29, 2014
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 -...
- May 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...
- Apr 25, 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...
- Nov 7, 2013
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...
- Jun 5, 2012
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...