Uterine papillary serous carcinoma after radiation therapy for carcinoma of the cervix.
This article describes the clinicopathologic features of six cases of uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC), which developed several years after radiation therapy (RT) for cervical carcinoma. The possible etiologic role of radiation is discussed, and the literature on endometrial carcinomas developing after RT is reviewed.
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Department of Pathology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000473:pathology*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*