Osteosarcoma—A complication of chemotherapy for Hodgkinʼs disease in children

Corinne Farrell, Michael C. Perry, Curtis H. Bourgeois, Dennis L. Abernathie, Nasrollah Hakami

American Journal of Clinical Oncology · 1983 · 13 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Prolonged, aggressive chemotherapy of advanced Hodgkin's disease carries the risk of second malignancies. Two teenage patients developed osteosarcoma at sites far removed from any radiation portal following chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.