Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS-Asbestos -- June 2007

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TITLE: "An association between postoperative radiotherapy for primary breast cancer in 11 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) studies and the subsequent appearance of pleural mesothelioma"

AUTHORS: Deutsch M, Land SR, Begovic M, Cecchini R, Wolmark N.

JOURNAL: American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007 Jun;30(3):294-6.

SUMMARY: Among the minority of patients with pleural mesothelioma and no known exposure to asbestos, there have been case reports suggesting a possible association with previous radiotherapy. The association between radiotherapy for primary breast cancer and the subsequent occurrence of mesothelioma was investigated in women entered into 11 National …