<p>Women with a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer often take tamoxifen to reduce that risk. There are a number of reasons why a woman might have a higher risk of breast cancer, including receiving chest radiation for childhood cancer, such as Hodgkin lymphoma. Dr. Sandhya Pruthi joined us to discuss a study looking at whether a lower dose of tamoxifen helps reduce breast cancer risk in women who received radiation to the chest as children.</p><p>Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Pruthi explain:</p><ul>
<li>why women who received childhood chest radiation have a higher risk of breast cancer</li>
<li>how the study came about and its results</li>
<li>how she counsels her patients who have a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer because they had chest radiation as children</li>
</ul>

Women with a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer often take tamoxifen to reduce that risk. There are a number of reasons why a woman might have a higher risk of breast cancer, including receiving chest radiation for childhood cancer, such as Hodgkin lymphoma. Dr. Sandhya Pruthi joined us to discuss a study looking at whether a lower dose of tamoxifen helps reduce breast cancer risk in women who received radiation to the chest as children. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Pruthi explain: why women who received childhood chest radiation have a higher risk of breast cancer how the study came about and its results how she counsels her patients who have a higher-than-average risk of breast cancer because they had chest radiation as children

Low-Dose Tamoxifen to Reduce Risk in Women Who Received Chest Radiation

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