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

Department of Thoracic Medicine, Rikshospitalet, N–0027Oslo 1, Norway

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We thank A. E. Johnson for her interest in our paper. It is true that we only investigated patients without a history of respiratory disease or symptoms and with normal lung function. This was done not so much in fear of a critical reduction in lung function, but more out of concern that a reduced or variable lung function due to respiratory disease per se, would mask a radiation-induced effect.

Received for publication July 24, 1991. Accepted for publication September 4, 1991.