Patients with a high polygenic risk of breast cancer do not have an increased risk of radiotherapy toxicity.
Authors
Dorling, LBarnett, G
Michailidou, K
Coles, C
Burnet, N
Yarnold, J
Elliott, Rebecca M
Dunning, A
Pharoah, P
West, Catharine M L
Affiliation
Oncology, University of CambridgeIssue Date
2015-10-28
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It has been hypothesized that increased predisposition to breast cancer may correlate with radiosensitivity and thus increased risk of toxicity following breast irradiation. This study investigated the relationship between common breast cancer risk variants and radiotherapy toxicity.Citation
Patients with a high polygenic risk of breast cancer do not have an increased risk of radiotherapy toxicity. 2015: Clin Cancer ResJournal
Clinical Cancer ResearchDOI
10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-1080PubMed ID
26510858Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1078-0432ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-1080