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Prospective analysis of carotid artery flow in breast cancer patients treated with supraclavicular irradiation 8 or more years previously†

No increase in ipsilateral carotid stenosis after radiation noted

  1. Wendy A. Woodward MD, PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Jean B. Durand MD2,
  3. Susan L. Tucker PhD3,
  4. Eric A. Strom MD1,
  5. George H. Perkins MD1,
  6. Julia Oh MD1,
  7. Lisa Arriaga RN1,
  8. Delora Domain BA1,
  9. Thomas A. Buchholz MD1

Article first published online: 13 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23172

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 112, Issue 2, pages 268–273, 15 January 2008

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Woodward, W. A., Durand, J. B., Tucker, S. L., Strom, E. A., Perkins, G. H., Oh, J., Arriaga, L., Domain, D. and Buchholz, T. A. (2008), Prospective analysis of carotid artery flow in breast cancer patients treated with supraclavicular irradiation 8 or more years previously. Cancer, 112: 268–273. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23172

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  2. 2

    Department of Cardiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  3. 3

    Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  1. ‡

    Fax: (713) 563-6940

*Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 1202, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030

  1. †

    Presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Annual Meeting, October 16–20, 2005, Denver, Colorado.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JAN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 13 NOV 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 AUG 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 1 AUG 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 JUN 2007

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  • National Cancer Institute Grants. Grant Numbers: CA16672, T32CA77050

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