A patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome and tongue cancer--experience of radiation toxicity.
We describe a male patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) given postoperative radiotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the tongue. This was well tolerated. This is only the second reported case of oral cancer and radiotherapy in RTS.
Dahele
M R
MR
Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
Benton
E C
EC
Hennessy
A
A
MacDougall
R H
RH
Price
A
A
Mitchell
R
R
Watson
J
J
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011038:Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*