Osteosarcoma following single fraction radiation prophylaxis for heterotopic ossification

Radiotherapy for prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification (HO) is commonly used in high risk patients following orthopedic surgery. While treatment is effective and can prevent morbidity associated with HO, with any dose of radiation there is a concern of a radiation induced malignancy. Here we a rep...

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Autores principales: Farris, Michael K, Chowdhry, Varun K, Lemke, Sheila, Kilpatrick, Mary, Lacombe, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22908888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-140

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22908888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-140

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