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MALIGNANT ASTROCYTOMA FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY OF A CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA - CASE-REPORT JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY SOGG, R. L., Donaldson, S. S., YORKE, C. H. 1978; 48 (4): 622-627
Abstract
A 9-year-old schoolgirl received 6007 rads to the suprasellar region for craniopharyngioma. Five years later, a malignant astrocytoma developed in the right temporal lobe. We cite clinical and experimental evidence to support our suspicion that the glioma may have been induced by radiation.
View details for Web of Science ID A1978ES78300015
View details for PubMedID 632887