Abstract
During a period 1984-1991, 18 patients were diagnosed as developing osteonecrosis after radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer. The patients had Stage I-III. Acute pain occurred in the lumbar spine, pelvis, and/or limbs. There was no correlation between osteonecrosis and either clinical staging or the associated surgery. The most common site of osteonecrosis was lumbar spine (n=13), followed by sacroiliacal joint and head and neck of femur (5 each) and pubic bone (3). The duration from radiation therapy to occurrence of osteonecrosis varied from one to 8 years: the latency period tended to be longer for younger patients. There was correlation between radiation doses and site of osteonecrosis: 60 Gy caused more extensive osteonecrosis, involving the pelvis and head of femur, although 40 Gy confined it to the lumbo-sacral region. Osteonecrosis was sometimes difficult to diagnose: needle biopsy, in addition to imaging modalities, was necessary in 4 patients. It is recommended that patients with uterus cervical cancer treated with radiation be followed up carefully. (N.K.).
Morimoto, Kazuo;
Ugai, Kazuhiro;
Hasegawa, Kazuo;
Hirota, Saeko
[1]
- Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi (Japan)
Citation Formats
Morimoto, Kazuo, Ugai, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Kazuo, and Hirota, Saeko.
Osteonecrosis due to radiation given for uterus cervical cancer.
Japan: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Morimoto, Kazuo, Ugai, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Kazuo, & Hirota, Saeko.
Osteonecrosis due to radiation given for uterus cervical cancer.
Japan.
Morimoto, Kazuo, Ugai, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Kazuo, and Hirota, Saeko.
1992.
"Osteonecrosis due to radiation given for uterus cervical cancer."
Japan.
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title = {Osteonecrosis due to radiation given for uterus cervical cancer}
author = {Morimoto, Kazuo, Ugai, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Kazuo, and Hirota, Saeko}
abstractNote = {During a period 1984-1991, 18 patients were diagnosed as developing osteonecrosis after radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer. The patients had Stage I-III. Acute pain occurred in the lumbar spine, pelvis, and/or limbs. There was no correlation between osteonecrosis and either clinical staging or the associated surgery. The most common site of osteonecrosis was lumbar spine (n=13), followed by sacroiliacal joint and head and neck of femur (5 each) and pubic bone (3). The duration from radiation therapy to occurrence of osteonecrosis varied from one to 8 years: the latency period tended to be longer for younger patients. There was correlation between radiation doses and site of osteonecrosis: 60 Gy caused more extensive osteonecrosis, involving the pelvis and head of femur, although 40 Gy confined it to the lumbo-sacral region. Osteonecrosis was sometimes difficult to diagnose: needle biopsy, in addition to imaging modalities, was necessary in 4 patients. It is recommended that patients with uterus cervical cancer treated with radiation be followed up carefully. (N.K.).}
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title = {Osteonecrosis due to radiation given for uterus cervical cancer}
author = {Morimoto, Kazuo, Ugai, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Kazuo, and Hirota, Saeko}
abstractNote = {During a period 1984-1991, 18 patients were diagnosed as developing osteonecrosis after radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer. The patients had Stage I-III. Acute pain occurred in the lumbar spine, pelvis, and/or limbs. There was no correlation between osteonecrosis and either clinical staging or the associated surgery. The most common site of osteonecrosis was lumbar spine (n=13), followed by sacroiliacal joint and head and neck of femur (5 each) and pubic bone (3). The duration from radiation therapy to occurrence of osteonecrosis varied from one to 8 years: the latency period tended to be longer for younger patients. There was correlation between radiation doses and site of osteonecrosis: 60 Gy caused more extensive osteonecrosis, involving the pelvis and head of femur, although 40 Gy confined it to the lumbo-sacral region. Osteonecrosis was sometimes difficult to diagnose: needle biopsy, in addition to imaging modalities, was necessary in 4 patients. It is recommended that patients with uterus cervical cancer treated with radiation be followed up carefully. (N.K.).}
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year = {1992}
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