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ArticleAdvances in radiation oncology

The Association Between Cardiac Mortality and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Among Older Patients With Stage I Estrogen Positive Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Based Study on Cardiac Mortality and Radiation Therapy.

Rachel B Jimenez, Stephanie M Wong, Andrew Johnson, Nafisha Lalani, Kevin S Hughes

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Article in Advances in radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel B JimenezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Masschusetts.
Stephanie M WongDepartment of Surgery, McGill University, JGH Segal Cancer Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Andrew JohnsonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Masschusetts.
Nafisha LalaniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Kevin S HughesDepartment of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USMcGill University Health Centre · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe evaluated the risk of cardiac mortality in older patients who receive adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) for stage I breast cancer to determine whether this risk persists in the modern era. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Using the 2000 to 2015 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program data, we performed a population-based cohort study to evaluate the association between adjuvant breast RT, tumor laterality, and cardiac-specific survival (CSS) among patients 60 and older with stage I estrogen receptor positive breast cancer who received breast-conserving surgery and RT.

resultsAt a median follow-up of 6 years (range, 0-15.9 years), patients receiving RT for left-sided breast cancer demonstrated no difference in 5- and 10-year CSS compared with those with right-sided breast cancer (5 year 98.3% vs 98.2%, 10 year 94.3% vs 93.9%; log-rank

conclusionsWith modern radiation therapy techniques, older patients who received left-sided RT for stage I estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer do not demonstrate an increased risk of cardiac mortality compared with patients with right-sided breast cancer. RT can be offered to older patients without concern for inducing cardiac-related death.

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