Risk of coronary events 55 Years after Thymic irradiation in the Hempelmann cohort

BACKGROUND: Studies of cancer survivors treated with older radiotherapy (RT) techniques (pre-1990s) strongly suggest that ionizing radiation to the chest increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Our goal was to evaluate the impact of more modern cardiac shielding techniques of RT on the m...

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Autores principales: Adams, Michael Jacob, Fisher, Susan G., Lipshultz, Steven E., Shore, Roy E., Constine, Louis S., Stovall, Marilyn, Dozier, Ann, Thevenet-Morrison, Kelly, Block, Robert, Schwartz, Ronald G., Pearson, Thomas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6205237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30381795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40959-018-0027-0

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