Secondary tumours after prophylactic cranial irradiation.
A 22 year old woman, who at the age of 6 years had prophylactic cranial irradiation for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, presented with both astrocytoma of the brain and breast carcinoma. The link between the two solid tumours and previous cranial irradiation is discussed.
Leung
J
J
Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Guiney
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*