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Effect of radiation on pulmonary functions in patients with breast cancer
A Chakraborty1, S C Sharma, D Behera
1Department of Radiotherapy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
There is no systematic study available from our country regarding pulmonary function tests in patients of breast cancer who receive postoperative radiotherapy. Therefore, we planned a prospective study to find out the effect of radiation on pulmonary functions in patients with breast cancer; who had undergone surgery in the form of simple mastectomy and axillary clearance. Transient radiological changes were seen in two cases and one patient had fibrosis at 9 months.