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Volume 360:1362-1363 March 26, 2009 Number 13
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Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

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by Buchholz, T. A.
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To the Editor: In his Clinical Therapeutics article on radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer after breast-conserving surgery, Buchholz (Jan. 1 issue)1 states that "the breast remains tender to palpation and the skin remains hyperpigmented for 6 to 9 months after treatment but then returns to normal." Since many readers of this informative article are not radiation oncologists, I think that it is important that this point be clarified so that normal changes that occur are not misinterpreted.

The skin of the treated breast never returns completely to normal. The treated skin is drier, often in the region of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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