Postirradiation sarcoma of the gynecologic tract: A report of 13 cases and a discussion of the risk of radiation-induced gynecologic malignancies

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Mark, Rufus J ^a,d   Poen, Joseph ^b   Tran, Luu M ^c   Fu, Yao S ^c   Heaps, James ^c   Parker, Robert G ^c  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic mortality; Gynecologic cancer; Postirradiation sarcoma; Radiation sarcomagenesis risk; Surgical mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SALVAGE THERAPY; SARCOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030030238     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199602000-00013     Document Type: Article

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