Should Cancer Survivors Fear Radiation-Induced Sarcomas?
Purpose/Results. Ionizing radiation is carcinogenic and the induction of a second malignancy is a serious potential long-term complication of radiotherapy. The incidence of radiation-induced sarcomas was evaluated from many large epidemiological surveys of long-term cancer survivors reported in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Sarcoma |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577149778425 |
| Summary: | Purpose/Results. Ionizing radiation is carcinogenic and the induction of a second malignancy is a serious potential
long-term complication of radiotherapy. The incidence of radiation-induced sarcomas was evaluated from many large
epidemiological surveys of long-term cancer survivors reported in the literature over the past 30 years and only one case
was found for every 1000 patients irradiated. |
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| ISSN: | 1357-714X 1369-1643 |