Breast Cancer Patients Suffer Treatment-Related Side Effects Long After Completing Care, Penn Study Shows

"More than 60 percent of breast cancer survivors report at least one treatment-related complication even six years after their diagnosis, according to a new study led by a researcher from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings are part of a special issue of Cancer devoted to exploring the physical late effects of breast cancer treatment and creating strategies to prevent, monitor for, and treat these conditions in the nation's 2.6 million survivors of the disease."...
Breast Cancer Patients Suffer Treatment-Related Side Effects Long After Completing Care, Penn Study Shows (Click link for full story)  http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/04/breast-cancer/