[Sarcoma of soft tissues induced by radiation. Presentation of a case and review of the literature].
The clinical history of a 57 y/o female who had breast cancer diagnosed at 40 years of age and who was treated with right radical mastectomy followed by irradiation of the right chest and adjacent lymphatics is presented. Recurrences of the breast cancer were treated with combination chemotherapy. Eighteen years after the original diagnosis and irradiation she presented with a new primary tumor of a different histologic type in the site of the prior irradiation. This tumors had an extremely aggressive, fatal course.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
Sarcoma de tejidos blandos inducido por radiación. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.