Osteoporosis development and vertebral fractures after abdominal irradiation in patients with gastric cancer

Osteoporosis development and vertebral fractures after abdominal irradiation in patients with gastric cancer

Abstract Background Decrease in bone mineral density, osteoporosis development, bone toxicity and resulting insufficiency fractures as late effect of radiotherapy are not well known. Osteoporosis development related to radiotherapy has not been investigated properly and insufficiency fractures are r...

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Main Authors: Gokhan Yaprak, Cengiz Gemici, Sule Temizkan, Sevim Ozdemir, Berfu Cinkit Dogan, Ozgur Ozan Seseogullari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Bone mineral density
Osteoporosis
Insufficiency fracture
Abdominal radiotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4899-z

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