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The effect on pulmonary function of tangential field technique in radiotherapy for carcinoma of the breast

Breast Study Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2RN

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I am concerned that the paper by Lund et al (1991) ends with a bald conclusion that "this technique (lumpectomy followed by tangential field radiotherapy) is a safe procedure in breast-preserving treatment". This should have been qualified by "in patients with normal lung function", since this was the group which they investigated. The damage due to radiation is not reversible. The initial functional abnormalities after radiation are caused by the effect of the continuing perfusion of the damaged areas.

Received for publication June 24, 1991. Accepted for publication July 23, 1991.

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