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Perhaps it is just as easy for me to copy the short article, from July 4 Charlotte Observer, page 8E:
Chest X-rays may hike resk of breast cancer. by Carolyn Susman, Cox News Service.
An analysis of 1,600 women with breast cancer gene mutations suggests that exposure to chest x-rays increase the risk of breast cancer, and that exposure before the age of 20 may be linked to particularly heightened risk.
The research, conducted by a consortium of European cancer center, was the first to analyze the impact of low-level x-ray exposure among women at genetically high risk for the disease. The study was published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"This is one of the first studies to demonstrate that women genetically predisposed to breast cancer may be more susceptible to low-dose ionizing radiation than other women." said David Goldgar, a lead author of the study. "if confirmed in prospective studies, young women who are members of families known to have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations may wish to consider alternatives to x-ray, such as MRI." Goldgar said.
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