Association between Long-Term Second Malignancy Risk and Radiation: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Entire Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database (1973-2014)

Purpose: Second malignancies (SMs) after radiation therapy are rare but serious sequelae of treatment. This study investigates whether radiation therapy use is associated with changes in baseline SM risk. Methods and Materials: We extracted all patients with cancer, with or without SM, in the Survei...

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Main Authors: Chenyang Wang, MD, PhD, Amar U. Kishan, MD, James B. Yu, MD, MHS, Ann Raldow, MD, MPH, Christopher R. King, MD, PhD, Keisuke S. Iwamoto, PhD, Fang-I. Chu, PhD, Michael L. Steinberg, MD, Patrick A. Kupelian, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109419300570