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| Title |
Osteosarcoma following single fraction radiation prophylaxis for heterotopic ossification
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| Published in |
Radiation Oncology, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1748-717x-7-140 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael K Farris, Varun K Chowdhry, Sheila Lemke, Mary Kilpatrick, Michael Lacombe |
| Abstract |
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 report a case of radiation induced osteosarcoma which developed 11 years after a single fraction of 700 cGy. We performed dosimetric analysis by superimposing the patient's original treatment field on a CT scan performed after the diagnosis. The radiotherapy dose for this patient is lower than classically reported for radiation induced sarcomas. We identified greatest bony destruction that was thought to be the epicenter of the tumor, and this was specially contoured on the diagnostic CT scan. This volume appears to be located at the edge of the radiotherapy field. Fifty percent of the treated volume received 240 cGy, the mean dose was 333 cGy. There was a variation across the treatment volume, between 21.8 cGy and 717 cGy. While a rare complication, we stress the importance of informing regarding the risk of a radiation induced malignancy following HO prophylaxis. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 26 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 26 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 6 | 23% |
| Researcher | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 12% |
| Other | 5 | 19% |
| Unknown | 3 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 62% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 3 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2012.
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#13,870,800
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Outputs from Radiation Oncology
#746
of 2,044 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#97,108
of 169,206 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Radiation Oncology
#8
of 29 outputs
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