#Smoking, #Radiation Therapy, and Contralateral #Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women
Evidence is mounting that cigarette smoking contributes to second primary contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. Whether radiation therapy (RT) interacts with smoking to modify this risk is unknown. In this multicenter, individually-matched case-control study, we examined the association between RT, smoking, and CBC risk. The study included 1,521 CBC cases and 2,212 controls with unilateral breast cancer, all diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer between … Continue reading #Smoking, #Radiation Therapy, and Contralateral #Breast Cancer Risk in Young Women