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The incidence of second neoplasms following megavoltage radiation for pediatric tumors
Author(s) -
Potish Roger A.,
Dehner Louis P.,
Haselow Robert E.,
Kim Taewan H.,
Levitt Seymour H.,
Nesbit Mark
Publication year - 1985
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(19851001)56:7<1534::aid-cncr2820560711>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , nuclear medicine , radiology , radiation therapy , cancer , physics , optics
From 1953 to 1975, 330 children received megavoltage for benign or malignant tumors. Fourteen subsequently developed second neoplasms. The 30‐year cumulative incidence of second neoplasms was 9.6%. The incidence of second malignant neoplasms may be lower following megavoltage radiation than following orthovoltage radiation. Cancer 56: 1534‐1537, 1985.