Increased cardiovascular mortality more than fifteen years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: A population-based study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Roychoudhuri, Rahul ^a   Robinson, David ^a   Putcha, Venkata ^a   Cuzick, Jack ^b   Darby, Sarah ^c   Møller, Henrik ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846955073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-7-9     Document Type: Article

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