Mammary carcinoma developing after radiotherapy and chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease

✍ Scribed by Nora A. Janjan; J. Frank Wilson; Michael Gillin; Tom Anderson; M. Greenberg; Kevin Schewe; James D. Cox

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 328 KB
• Volume: 61
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19880115)61:2<252::aid-cncr2820610209>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

Two patients developed breast cancer after treatment of Hodgkin's disease. Both had received mediastinal irradiation 13 to 15 years, respectively, before the diagnosis of breast carcinoma. One patient had synchronous bilateral breast cancer when the diagnosis was made. Discussed is the risk of mammary carcinoma as a second malignant neoplasm in patients treated for Hodgkin's disease.