Tag: secondary cancers
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Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy Hikes Risk of Second Cancers – Renal and Urology News
A total of 570 patients were diagnosed with second cancers. The rate of second cancers was 15.5/1,000 person-years in radiotherapy recipients compared with 11.4/1,000 person-years in those not treated with radiation, a difference that translated into a 25% increased relative risk of second cancers in radiotherapy recipients. Compared with men not treated with radiation, those…