Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Postirradiation sarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) following cervix cancer

Journal Article · · Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States)
A case of postirradiation sarcoma is described. The tumor, a malignant fibrous histiocytoma, occurred in the radiation field 11 years following postoperative external beam radiation therapy (7000 rad) for carcinoma of the cervix. Reports of postirradiation malignant fibrous histiocytoma are rare, and the occurrence of this neoplasm following treatment of cervix cancer has not previously been described. The literature concerning postirradiation bone and soft tissue sarcomas is briefly reviewed, with special attention to malignant fibrous histiocytomas.
Research Organization:
Department of Medicine, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
OSTI ID:
5440481
Journal Information:
Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States), Journal Name: Cancer (Philadelphia); (United States) Vol. 49:3; ISSN CANCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English