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Table 3 Lifetime risk of secondary cancers for various breast radiotherapy techniques using the likelihoods from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 116 Table 7.2, page 32.

From: Doses to internal organs for various breast radiation techniques - implications on the risk of secondary cancers and cardiomyopathy

Cancer type

Probability (%/Sv)

PBSI

HDR (catheters)

Wedge

IMRT

3D-CRT

Breast

0.20

0.00%

0.05%

0.34%

0.04%

0.03%

Lung

0.85

0.67%

2.10%

0.49%

0.10%

0.07%

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Radiation Oncology

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