Predicting Organ-Specific Risk Interactions between Radiation and Chemotherapy in Secondary Cancer Survivors

Several studies have shown that pediatric patients have an increased risk of developing a secondary malignancy several decades after treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In this work, we use a biologically motivated mathematical formalism to estimate the relative risks of breast, lung and t...

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Main Authors: Venkata S.K. Manem, Clemens Grassberger, Harald Paganetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/9/9/119