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. 1997 Mar;1(1):5–15. doi: 10.1080/13577149778425

Should Cancer Survivors Fear Radiation-Induced Sarcomas?

Malcolm Feigen 1,✉
PMCID: PMC2373580  PMID: 18521195

Abstract

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.

Discussion. Although greater numbers of cancer patients are receiving radical radiotherapy and surviving free of disease for longer intervals, cases of radiation-induced sarcomas are rare and should not deter patients from accepting radiotherapy as treatment for curable cancers. With improvements in the administration of radiotherapy over the past two decades which are resulting in less damage to bone and soft tissues, it is likely that fewer cases of this condition will be seen in the future. If these sarcomas are diagnosed early, long-term survival can be achieved with surgical excision and possibly re-irradiation, as occurs in other types of sarcomas.

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