Open AccessSecond primary cancer after radiotherapy for cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Sushma Jhamad,
Rajendra Aanjane,
Sanjog R Jaiswal,
Suchita Jain,
Priyanka Bhagat
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_74_18
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , cervical cancer , cancer , carcinosarcoma , brachytherapy , concomitant , external beam radiotherapy , cervix , cisplatin , endometrial cancer , radiology , sarcoma , chemotherapy , oncology , surgery , carcinoma , pathology
Radiation is a treatment for many gynecological malignancies, especially locally advanced cervical cancer. Development of sarcoma due to previous radiation occurs very rarely. They develop within the radiation field. We report a case of carcinosarcoma in our patient developed 8 years after the radiotherapy (RT) that she received in the form of external beam radiation and intracavitary RT along with concomitant chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin. Although the development of secondary primary cancer is rare, for every patient who receives radiation for treatment of cancer, close follow-up is recommended as they may have viable endometrium.