Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]
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We have studied the incidence of herpes zoster in patients with adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer with special emphasis on possible correlations with other prognostic factors or survival. ⋯ The observed frequency of zoster (about 4% of patients after postoperative radiotherapy) in this retrospective study suggests that the risk of developing zoster in this patient group may be 3- to 5-fold higher as compared to the incidence in the general population. However, the occurrence of zoster was not linked to prognosis and treatment response.