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Neurofibrosarcoma at irradiation site in a patient with neurofibromatosis and Wilms' tumor

Journal Article · · Ca - Cancer J. Clin.; (United States)
A female patient with neurofibromatosis had nephrectomy performed because of Wilms' tumor at the age of four and a half. She received radiation therapy and chemotherapy (actinomycin D) after surgery. She had subsequent local recurrence and lung metastasis, which were surgically excised and successfully treated with additional radiation therapy and chemotherapy (vincristine and actinomycin D). However, neurofibrosarcoma at the irradiation site developed seven years after radiation therapy. She died 22 months later because of recurrence and metastasis of neurofibrosarcoma. Radiation therapy's association with malignant transformation of neurofibroma is discussed.
Research Organization:
Department of Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri
OSTI ID:
6565732
Journal Information:
Ca - Cancer J. Clin.; (United States), Journal Name: Ca - Cancer J. Clin.; (United States) Vol. 31:6; ISSN CAMCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English