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[Rib fracture after postoperative tangential irradiation in breast cancer]
Y Shimamura1, K Jingu, N Hayabuchi
1Dept. of Radiotherapy, National Kyushu Cancer Center.
Gan No Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics
|August 1, 1987
Abstract:
Incidence of rib fracture was analyzed for 118 postoperated breast cancer patients who were tangentially irradiated at the Department of Radiology, Kyushu University, from 1961 to 1976 and followed more than 5 years. Rib fracture was observed in 5% and 50% of cases treated with total radiation doses of 32.5 Gy and 52.5 Gy respectively.