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Spinal cord glioma following irradiation for Hodgkin's disease
Author(s) -
Clifton Marvin D.,
Amromin George D.,
Perry Michael C.,
Abadir Rushdy,
Watts Clark,
Levy Norman
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19800415)45:8<2051::aid-cncr2820450811>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , spinal cord , glioma , mediastinum , disease , spinal cord neoplasm , surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer research , psychiatry
A 21‐year‐old patient, after radiation therapy to the mediastinum for Hodgkin's disease, died six years later of a spinal cord glioma, believed to be caused by irradiation therapy. That the x‐ray therapy provoked neoplastic changes seems likely, although it could be coincidental.