Radiation treatment of giant-cell tumour of bone (osteoclastoma).
Ten patients with giant cell tumours of the bone were treated by radiation therapy. Indications were non-radical primary surgery in 8 cases and recurring lesions in 2. Tumour doses ranged from 23 to 75 Gy delivered with supervoltage equipment in 8 cases. There were 3 recurrences after radiation therapy, all occurring in patients with tumor doses less than 39 Gy; 2 of these had received orthovoltage therapy and 2 died later from lung metastases. Modern supervoltage irradiation is probably as effective as surgery which is nevertheless recommended in operable cases.
Daugaard
S
S
Johansen
H F
HF
Barfod
G
G
Laustein
G
G
Schiødt
T
T
Lund
B
B
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy