New concerns about radiation and breast cancer raised in study

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 16:11 in Health & Medicine

A new study on human breast cells shows that even when radiation exposure does no direct genetic damage, it can alter the environment surrounding the cells so that future cells are more likely to become cancerous. This is further evidence for the treatment of cancer as a "systems biology" disease.

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