BMT survivor study finds significant breast cancer risk in young women who received total body irrad
- OPACC
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min read
A new study examining long-term outcomes of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) found that patients who received total body irradiation (TBI) at age 30 or younger had a 4.5-fold increase in their risk of developing breast cancer later in life compared with the general population.
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