Does Prophylactic Radiotherapy to avoid Gynecomastia in Patients with Prostate Cancer increase the risk of Breast Cancer?

In this study with data from the Norwegian Cancer Registry, we did not find increased risk of breast cancer (BC) in irradiated patients compared to non-irradiated patients. It is noteworthy that in the RT group, there were two cases of malignant phyllodes breast tumor, an extremely rare type of BC associated with gynecomastia.

Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - February 5, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Bj ørg Y. Aksnessæther, Arne Solberg, Olbjørn H. Klepp, Tor Åge Myklebust, Eva Skovlund, Solveig Roth Hoff, Lars J. Vatten, Jo-Åsmund Lund Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research