Second neoplasms after acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood

JP Neglia, AT Meadows, LL Robison… - … England Journal of …, 1991 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. Effective forms of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in
childhood now result in survival rates above 70 percent at five years, but the treatments are …

Long-term risk of sarcoma following radiation treatment for breast cancer

A Taghian, F de Vathaire, P Terrier, M Le… - International Journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract Between 1954 and 1983, 7620 patients were treated for breast carcinoma at Institut
Gustave Roussy (France). Of these patients, 6919 were followed for at least 1 year. Out of …

Postirradiation sarcoma. Analysis of a nationwide cancer registry material

TA Wiklund, CP Blomqvist, J Räty, I Elomaa… - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Thirty‐three cases of postirradiation sarcoma (PIS) from the files of the Finnish Cancer
Registry were analyzed. The most frequent first primary tumors were cancers of the breast …

Sarcomas of soft tissue and bone

R Mazanet, KH Antman - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcomas arise primarily from mesenchymal structures at any site in the body, even within
visceral stroma and neurovascular bundles. Sarcomas have been associated with prior …

Risk factors for metastases in patents with retinoblastoma

EP Messmer, T Heinrich, W Höpping, E de Sutter… - Ophthalmology, 1991 - Elsevier
The study is based upon a review of data from 583 consecutive patients with retinoblastoma
over the years 1956 to 1986. Mean follow-up was 8 years, and median was 5.5 years. In 41 …

Bone sarcomas as second malignant neoplasms following childhood cancer

WA Newton Jr, AT Meadows, H Shimada, GR Bunin… - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the relationship between histologic variants of bone sarcomas and
previous therapy in patients in whom an unrelated malignant neoplasm had been …

Multimodal therapy for the management of localized Ewing's sarcoma of pelvic and sacral bones: a report from the second intergroup study.

RG Evans, ME Nesbit, EA Gehan… - Journal of clinical …, 1991 - ascopubs.org
A total of 59 eligible patients with localized Ewing's sarcoma of the pelvic and sacral bones
were entered into a multimodal Intergroup Ewing's Sarcoma Study (IESS-II)(1978 to 1982) …

Chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: where do we go from here?: a review of published literature and meeting abstracts, including discussions during the Vth …

L White - Ophthalmic paediatrics and genetics, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The history of the application of chemotherapy in the management of retinoblastoma (RB)
may conveniently be divided into three eras: initial enthusiasm (from early 1950s to mid …

Primary central nervous system lymphoma as a secondary malignancy

LM Deangelis - Cancer, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare neoplasm, but it is occurring
with increased frequency even among apparently immunocompetent patients. Although …

Is there a link between fluoridated water and osteosarcoma?

SM McGuire, ED Vanable, MH McGuire… - The Journal of the …, 1991 - Elsevier
This study by Dr. Sheila McGuire and others not only refutes a link between fluoride
ingestion and osteosarcoma formation, but also suggests that fluoride may protect against …