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Having b.cancer in the r.breast/ mastectomy/wradiation10 yrs later b.cancer of the l.breast/mastectomy/noradiation. am i highrisk4,lungcancer n r.lung?
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Smoking only risk: Your risk of lung cancer after XRT for breast cancer is only elevated if you were a smoker and continued to smoke.
Answered 5/20/2015
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