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Old 07-16-2009, 06:40 AM   #18
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The radiation therapies from the 1950's were not so well targeted as today, and the non-affected breast was frequently in the field. Developing a new cancer in the unaffected breast many years after the original radiation treatment was a documented risk of the rads therapy of the time.

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