Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Complicating a Breast Cancer after Mastectomy and Radiotherapy
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 16 (5) , 353-356
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.1976.tb00327.x
Abstract
The author reports a patient treated three years ago for a breast carcinoma. High doses of X‐ray had been delivered after radical mastectomy. The possible relationship between this exposure and a rapidly fatal acute myeloid leukaemia is emphasized.Keywords
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